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deadly fire at the enemy up ahead;* Repeatedly ignoring the order to abandon his gun he stood at his ppst allowing his comrades to withdraw. Standing alone in a foreign land, Henry Pulliam in his first combat experience, became a hero. Unaffected by the firstburn of enemy fire he continued to battle. Thencame the second wound and he continued to fire. Not■ • » , ’ • #* »until the third bullet pierced his breast did the mountain man from Count Casimir Pulaski’s namesake fall• *away from his gun.. Having dared and dpne thb utmost, Henry Pulliam’ * * ■ • *fell to the ground, a bleeding hero. Aboard the hospital ship, Solace, he gained the reputation of being one of the“best patients ever on the ship*” As Henry lay there, he . must have lived and relived the coming happy reunionwith his a^ng parents in Pulaski, but it was not to be: On May 5th, 1914, before ever again realizing the touch of American soil, Henry Pulliam died.On Friday evening, May 15,1914, as the old court-house clock was striking seven, the train bearing the body of Henry Pulliam rolled into Pulaski to be met by more than a thousand people. This elaborate hero’s welcome would be followed by two days of honor such as never before or since came to a Pulaski County warrior.- The body wasiremoved from the train and placed on a , horsedrawn caissoh:draped in the American flag, and removed to the Armory on Valley Street. . v , ■ On Sunday morning the body was moved to the corridor of the courthouse, and future mayor E.W. Calfee was put in charge of the guard which watched over the body whilp citizens passed to view the closed oak casket. I am quite sure that this is the only time a body has lain instate in the courthouse corridor.. .. ■ . ' ■ .■ • ■ ■...*• .The. funeral procession consisting of Boy Scouts, citizens and digiiitaries from far and wide stretched all theway from the courthouse to Oajcwood Cemetery. Flags throughout the town flew at half mast, and houses along—thejvay-to Oakwood-werefi ttin glydecor a ted* wi t hther—I- 7'/*•*sMMtk, % . . . i ,was held, waited to witness the interment... Henry Pulliam, Fireman First Class was buried with ;full military honors and on his casket was a wreath of Sago palm and laurel leaves.tied with a white ribbon bearing a card of White House stationary sighed, “The President.” What an honor for the son of the blacksmith,... .*.• ... tGeorge Pulliam, whose rein ark to the press was “Hegave his life for his country. He was my son ”Henry Pulliam sleeps in an honoredgrave in the south west corner pf Oak wood Cemetery.
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