. 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 . happy reference to fight was anincentive to activity and, for a time at least, the work mademore rapid progress. Captain Joseph Ashbrook received his appointment as ord-nance officer of thedivision while it wasunder the marchingorders which cul-minated in the en-gagements of Pee-bles and PegramsFarms. It was acr
. 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 . happy reference to fight was anincentive to activity and, for a time at least, the work mademore rapid progress. Captain Joseph Ashbrook received his appointment as ord-nance officer of thedivision while it wasunder the marchingorders which cul-minated in the en-gagements of Pee-bles and PegramsFarms. It was acritical period tothrust upon an offi-cer, wholly unfa-miliar with thetrust, such delicateand important du-ties. Ashbrookthough was a manwell equipped forany service andproved himself fullyequal to the require-ments of his new position. An interview between him andGeneral Warren illustrates a pleasant side of the character ofthat distinguished officer. Ashbrooks predecessor had beenthe senior ordnance officer of the corps, and as such receivedorders from corps head-quarters relating to the entire Ashbrook was not the ranking officer, similar orderscontinued to be sent to him. Late on the night of the actionat Peebles Farm he received a very important communication. SERGEANT SAMUEL NUGENT. 524 — which indicated that the entire corps must be supplied withammunition preparatory to an anticipated engagement in themorning. Not fully comprehending the order and doubtinghis ability to execute it without fuller instructions, he decided,although it was in the middle of the night, to go to corps head-quarters and consult the ever-obliging Lieutenant-ColonelLocke, the assistant adjutant-general. The head-quarters werein a small house on the Peebles Farm. Groping his way about the house in thedark he blunderedinto the room occu-pied by GeneralWarren. To dis-turb the slumbersof a major-generalcommanding a corpswithout warrant, inthe middle of thenight, after a £ght
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