. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . of Stonewall Jacksons Corps, fromwhom we learned that General Miles had surrendered with10,000 men, thus leaving Maryland and Bolivar Heights, withthe guns, in possession of Jackson, and giving him an oppor-tunity of pushing on and joining Lee in time to save his armyfrom rout or capture at Antietam. That night the regimentjoined the brigade at Sharps-burg and marched to Downs-ville, where it found the brig-ade was part of the ThirdDivision, Sixth Corps. Aboutth
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . of Stonewall Jacksons Corps, fromwhom we learned that General Miles had surrendered with10,000 men, thus leaving Maryland and Bolivar Heights, withthe guns, in possession of Jackson, and giving him an oppor-tunity of pushing on and joining Lee in time to save his armyfrom rout or capture at Antietam. That night the regimentjoined the brigade at Sharps-burg and marched to Downs-ville, where it found the brig-ade was part of the ThirdDivision, Sixth Corps. Aboutthis time several men of theregiment were transferred tothe artillery to fill up the bat-teries that had become de-pleted during the Peninsulacampaign. While here JebStuart crossed the Potomacat Hancocks, on his raid, andCouchs Division was sent tointercept him. After a forcedmarch over the North Moun-tains, it reached the upper fords and, the men knowingthat the lower fords, which they had shortly before left, wereguarded, concluded that Jeb Stuarts cavalry were next day it was ordered back to camp, the rebel cavalry. JOHN ZAUN,Corp. Co. K. Killed at Cold Harbor, June i, 1S64 PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 79 having recrossed the lower fords without firing a shot, the brig-ade guarding that part of the river, having been relieved andsent back to Washington, while Jeb Stuart was lying off inthe woods awaiting such an opening. Why this brigade wastaken off the fords when Jeb Stuarts cavalry was on ourside of the river, giving him the opportunity to escape, hasnever been explained. While here, the regiment was presentedwith a new stand of colors by friends from Philadelphia, andon November the first it crossed the Potomac on a pontoon atBerlin, with the Sixth Corps, passing en route Union, where wefound a rebel hospital full of their wounded in the recent through Salem and Rectortown, which were theheadquarters of Mosbys com-mand, this section of the cou
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