. . . irresistibly carried forward by the excitement of the
occasion, marched with his gallant regiment in its irresistible bayonet charge
upon the Rebel fortifications at Donelson.
He is since spoken of among our troops as the fighting Doctor.
– Published in The
Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 8, 1862, p. 2
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