[Illustration: Sergeant Hunter Charging the Confederates] Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers By SAMUEL SCOVILLE, JR. PHILADELPHIA GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY _Published November, 1915_ _All rights reserved_ Printed in U.S.A. _To Theodore Roosevelt_ _Commissioner, Governor, Colonel and President, who believes in peace with honor, but never in peace at the price of righteousness and whose own life has been full of deeds of physical and moral courage, this book of brave deeds is dedicated._ Foreword In these days when even our skies are shadowed by wars and rumors of wars, it is fitting to remember what men and women and children of our blood have done in the past. In this chronicle have been included not alone the great deeds of great men, but also the brave deeds of commonplace people. May the tale of their every-day heroism be an inspiration to each one of us to do our best endeavor when we find ourselves in the crisis-times of life. Contents I. THE BARE BRIGADE 11 II. THE ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON 19 III. TWO AGAINST A CITY 39 IV. BOY HEROES 51 V. THE CHARGE OF ZAGONYI 79 VI. THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE 95 VII. SHERIDAN'S RIDE 121 VIII. THE BLOODY ANGLE 141 IX. HEROES OF GETTYSBURG 163 X. THE LONE SCOUT 185 XI. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET 213 XII. FORGOTTEN HEROES 229 XIII. THE THREE HUNDRED WHO SAVED AN ARMY 253 XIV. THE RESCUE OF THE SCOUTS 273 XV. THE BOY-GENERAL 311 XVI. MEDAL-OF-HONOR MEN 325 Illustrations Sergeant Hunter Charging the Confederates _Frontispiece_ Libby Prison _Facing page_ 24 Captain Bailey and Midshipman Read Facing the New Orleans Mob " " 46 Sheridan Hurrying to Rally his Men " " 136 The Battle of Gettysburg " " 174 Corporal Pike " " 190 In the Woods Near Chancellorsville " " 264 Attacking the Inner Traverses of Fort Fisher " " 320 CHAPTER I THE BARE BRIGADE Kipling wrote one of his best stories on how Mulvaney and his captain with an undressed company swam the Irriwaddy River in India and captured Lungtungpen. It was a brave deed. The average man can't be brave without his clothes.