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In May 1864 after assuming command of the Union Army, General Grant launched his offensive against Confederate General Robert E. Lee, marching towards Richmond, Virginia. By May 5 most of Grant's army had crossed the Rapidan River, where for three days they engaged the Confederate forces in the opening battles of the "Wilderness Campaign". On the second day of that battle as his regiment attacked the rebel forces, First Sergeant Patrick DeLacey raced ahead of him men and, under a concentrated fire from the enemy, reached the Confederate works and shot their color bearer in full view of the soldiers of both sides. As the enemy colors fell, the rebels fell into a panic long enough for the remainder of First Sergeant DeLacey's regiment to reach him. A comrade later wrote, "The charge had been a grand one all along the line, but it was in a very great measure inspired and encouraged by DeLacey's daring and heroism while under the concentrated fire of the enemy. His escape was a miracle, his achievement one of those incidents in the history of actual warfare which causes one to bubble over with admiration for the hero." |
Photo Courtesy of Russell Bonetti, a direct descendant of Patrick DeLacey
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