. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . on the morning of the 3d, our Brigade was orderedto Gulps Hill to aid General Geary, of the Twelfth Corps, in retakingthe works on the extreme right,occupied by the enemy during theprevious night. The seriousnessof Longstreets attack upon ourleft induced General Meade toorder reinforcements from Gen-eral Slocum, commanding on thispart of the field, which necessi-tated the evacuation of a part ofthe line before estabhshed. Theseworks were seized by the wilyenemy, and
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . on the morning of the 3d, our Brigade was orderedto Gulps Hill to aid General Geary, of the Twelfth Corps, in retakingthe works on the extreme right,occupied by the enemy during theprevious night. The seriousnessof Longstreets attack upon ourleft induced General Meade toorder reinforcements from Gen-eral Slocum, commanding on thispart of the field, which necessi-tated the evacuation of a part ofthe line before estabhshed. Theseworks were seized by the wilyenemy, and at daylight our troopsundertook to dislodge him anddrive him back. Upon reporting to GeneralGeary, our Brigade was formedin the open field, just in rear ofthe Hne of defenses, in a column ofbattalions deployed. After a personal reconnaissance by General Gearyand the Brigade Commander, the One Hundred and Twenty-second NewYork, Colonel Titus commanding, was directed to relieve the One Hun-dred and Eleventh Pennsylvania, then occupying a position in the fronthne. This position they held for two hours and a half, under a very. JOHN G. JOHNSON,Co. H, 306 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT severe fire, losing many in killed and wounded, and were then relievedby the Eighty-second Pennsylvania, Colonel Bassett. At g. 20 A. M.,the Twenty-third Pennsylvania, Lieutenant-Colonel Glenn commanding,was placed in position to support the front line. Three hours later, fivecompanies of this regiment, under a galling fire of musketry, were ad-vanced into the breastworks, and, after silencing the enemys fire, sentout a line of skirmishers, which, however, were promptly recalled, theenemy still being in the hne of battle in close proximity to our II A. M., the Sixty-seventh New York, Colonel Cross, marched
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