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Seventeen men earned Medals of Honor for their heroism at Petersburg, Virginia, in the battle that raged from June 15 - 18, 1864. On June 17 Corporal Patrick Monaghan was one of thirteen heroes thus cited. He was advancing with his regiment in a successful charge that routed the enemy. "As we dashed forward," he recalled, "I saw an officer near the thicket and fired. He fell near the stream with his head almost in the water. Immediately a tall rebel threw down his gun and ran toward him. I rushed up swiftly and, leveling my empty gun, ordered both to surrender. The tall man cried out: 'Don't shoot the Major!' I told the major to get up and we would help him back. But as I was speaking, I saw another group of rapidly retreating rebels, among them a private with a gun in one hand and a flag over his shoulder. I jumped toward him and ordered him to drop his gun and surrender. He dropped the gun and I ran forward, took the flag and marched him to where my other prisoners were seated." The flag recovered by Corporal Monaghan in this action that earned him a Medal of Honor, was the flag of the 7th New York Heavy Artillery, which had been previously captured by the Confederates. |
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