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Fifth Rhode Island Regiment Battle of Bull
Run Mrs. Brownell, the Heroine of
Newbern. Mrs. Brownell, wife of Orderly-Sergeant R. S.
Brownell, of the Fifth Rhode Island Volunteers, accompanied her husband to
the war, and he was severely wounded at Newbern. Mrs. Brownell was with the Third Rhode Island
regiment at the battle of Bull Run, having been adopted as the “child of
the regiment” by General Burnside, then Colonel. She was on the field at
the battle of Roanoke Island, in spite of the many efforts to keep her out
of the way of danger. At the battle of Newbern she exhibited that presence
of mind and bravery which proved her a woman of the most heroic character.
She was on the field during the whole of the engagement, attending to the
wounded, and giving encouragement by her fortitude and presence to the
soldiers. When the standard-bearer of the Sixth regiment fell, she seized
the banner, and, carrying it across the field, received a flesh-wound.
She brought with her to the North a Secessia rifle,
which she found after the battle—a prize of no little
value! Source: The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the war of the rebellion, 1866 Submitted by Cathy Danielson
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