Column: Remembering two Ipswich war heroes - MA

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• Posted Jun. 1, 2014 @ 9:18 pm
  
  IPSWICH By Gordon HarrisA Civil War heroJoseph Stockwell Manning grew up in the house at 9 High St.
  
  At 18 Manning volunteered to fight in the Civil War and served as a private in the 29th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
  

  During a battle at Fort Sanders, Tennessee on Nov. 29, 1863 his attachment was sent to dislodge retreating Confederates who had taken cover in a ditch. Gunfire separated Manning from his force and he continued forward alone and jumped into the ditch. Manning found himself next to a Confederate color-bearer and 200 of his comrades, many of whom were grievously wounded. The quick-thinking Manning demanded their immediate surrender. His ruse succeeded in confusing the rebels long enough for Union troops to arrive and take them as prisoners.​

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