On Wednesday August 4th the Salisbury Vermont Historical Society will be hosting a program On the 5th Vermont company "F" and it's Civil War soldiers from Salisbury VT. Barry Whitney will be the guest speaker and focus will be on Lester Goodell Hack, Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions at the third battle of Petersburg. Hack, a sergeant with the 5th Vermont Infantry, Company F, was comforting a dying comrade as bullets flew during the Third Battle of Petersburg — one of the final engagements of the Civil War. As the story goes, Hack got fed up with the hostilities around him and resolved to take dramatic action. So with a rifle in hand, he rushed around 200 yards across the Virginia battlefield to single-handedly take on a group of soldiers from the 23rd Tennessee who had been rallying around a Confederate flag. Hack waded into the group of rebels, swinging his rifle. He eventually captured the Confederate flag, tied it to his waist, and took several prisoners back to camp. For this action, Hack was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor — the highest military decoration awarded by the U.S. government. Further information and accounts of the regiment will be presented through the letters of Eugene Hamilton captain of the company, also from Salisbury. And also from the diaries of Capt. Hamilton's wife Martha.