PETER APPLE.–

PETER APPLE, of Oakland, Marion County, Indiana,was recruited for the Eleventh regiment of that State, and took part in the attempt to storm one of the Vicksburg batteries. The rebel fire was so destructive, that the Union forces recoiled. Apple, the “raw recruit,” “didn’t see” the backward movement, and kept going ahead, until he came right up to one of the rebel guns, caught a gunner by the collar, and brought him within our lines, saying: “Boys, why didn’t you come on? Every fellow might have got one.”

This entry was posted on 26. April 2008 at 12:14 and is filed under Recent Entries. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

| Print