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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
only remaining color guard, who claimed the right to carry them, the staff was shattered, the flag falling, but not upon the ground, it was caught by Color-Corporal William Bohannon, who stuck it upon his musket, and gallantly bore it the remainder of the fight. I beg to mention particularly all of my color guard, as deserving thn, and George J. Shelton, as worthy of especial mention. Company C. Lieutenant Anderson reports all as having behaved well--Sergeant J. J. Cassada, Color-Corporal William Bohannon, privates R. L. Sneed, A. M. Simpson, Alexander Prewett, Benjamin H. Lewis, Eli J. Lewis, specially. Company D. Lieutenant Herndon reports all as hr the same; Color-Corporals L. D. Watkins, C. C. Gregory, and John Bullington, for gallantly bearing the colors, in turn, in advance of the regiment. Color-Corporal William Bohannon behaved gallantly, and brought our colors from the field upon a musket, the staff having previously been shivered into fragments. I am, sir, your o