. History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers Corn exchange regiment, 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, with addenda . mselves from captivity. Lenoir, who had, with his comrades in one of the pits, beenfiring at the Confederate general officer, was fortunate in es-caping capture. He had fallen back about a hundred yards,when, turning to see whether he was pursued, he was surprisedto find at a short distance an advancing line of
. History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers Corn exchange regiment, 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, with addenda . mselves from captivity. Lenoir, who had, with his comrades in one of the pits, beenfiring at the Confederate general officer, was fortunate in es-caping capture. He had fallen back about a hundred yards,when, turning to see whether he was pursued, he was surprisedto find at a short distance an advancing line of battle. The Con-federates were moving in splendid order, carrying their musketsat a right shoulder. He soon met a number of the membersof the regiment, who had assembled behind a line of vain appeal was made to some men of another command tomake a stand. Just then a regiment made a splendid chargeon the right, but after firing a volley fell back. As it appearedthat every one else had left the localit>% the remnant of the118th picket detail decided to have a little fight of their to a little clump of brush, they opened a lively fireon a pine thicket in front. It stirred up a response from a forcefar in excess of the little band of soldiers engaging HEXRY K. KELLY, G, 118th Regt. P. V. TW£ !<^^ ^^^^ — 457 — Having fired ten or twelve rounds, they were discreetly aboutto rapidly retire, when Coonan, of G, raised his piece to fireat a man not thirty feet from him who had pushed ahead of hisline, when one of our men knocked Coonans piece up, ex-claiming, Hold on there, Cooney, dont shoot: why thats oneof our men, and turning to the man who was in our uniform,said, Aint that you, Jack ? The answer came back promptly,** Yes. Coonan immediately dropped his piece, but the manhad no sooner been uncovered than he fired, the ball hittingCoonan in the back of the neck and making a regular holes were afterwards counted in the
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