. History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, from their first engagement at Antietam to Appomattox. To which is added a record of its organization and a complete roster. Fully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations . endered on the 9th of April. It was a thankless and weari-some job for us to gather up those munitions of war. MajorJos. Ashbrook, who was division ordnance officer, destroyedimmense quantities of them. The railroad bridges had been destroyed, so that trains couldnot reach us, while the condition of the roads made it impos-s
. History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, from their first engagement at Antietam to Appomattox. To which is added a record of its organization and a complete roster. Fully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations . endered on the 9th of April. It was a thankless and weari-some job for us to gather up those munitions of war. MajorJos. Ashbrook, who was division ordnance officer, destroyedimmense quantities of them. The railroad bridges had been destroyed, so that trains couldnot reach us, while the condition of the roads made it impos-sible for wacjon trains to move. Our rations were exhausted. — 597 — We were without food for two days. Foraging expeditionswere sent out with poor results; a little beef was secured, butit was poor and tough, and so tainted with garlic that it wasalmost unfit to eat. Even this was soon exhausted. Some ofthe men were fortunate enough to find where corn had been fedto horses and mules; this grain was gathered up, parched, andeaten with great relish. There were many relics carried from the field. Among thesewas the historic apple-tree, which was all appropriated, even theground being dug up to secure its roots. On April 14 the rain poured down in torrents. Many of. A^ •A FRIEND IN NEED. the men had no tents, we had no rations, it was cold, muddy,and the picket line of our camp was maintained. Captain See-sholtz, of K, posted the last picket line previous to our de-parture. On the 15th, about noon, we began our return marchto Richmond. We had all heard of conquering armies and fl}ing banners, and their majestic appearance, but it was notso with our division on that day. We had often marched fromfields of defeat with more martial display; it was raining hard,the mud was ankle-deep in the roads, our uniforms were ragged,and the men were hungry and sour. No attempt was made tokeep in the ranks, but at a rapid pace we straggled along themuddy roads, each man taking his own way as
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