. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . saved him from goingto the Dry Tortugas. The Johnnies seemed to appreciate and enjoy thechange of custodians, having tired of the Home Guards,because, when they caught sight of the Greek Cross as the right of our brigade neared the stockade, up went the rebel yell in greeting. Thus the change, so far as our brigade and the prisoners were concerned, was agreeable to Johnnie and pleasantness of this tour of dut\ was not, how e\er, monopolized by the enlis
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . saved him from goingto the Dry Tortugas. The Johnnies seemed to appreciate and enjoy thechange of custodians, having tired of the Home Guards,because, when they caught sight of the Greek Cross as the right of our brigade neared the stockade, up went the rebel yell in greeting. Thus the change, so far as our brigade and the prisoners were concerned, was agreeable to Johnnie and pleasantness of this tour of dut\ was not, how e\er, monopolized by the enlisted men, for on occasions of special exchange the officers of our brigade were all anxious to be detailed to accompany the Con-federates to the destination named in the order. Officers and men alike were fully aware that this condition could not last, as when the campaign opened, back to the front we would go, and all were disposed to enjoy the opportunity of this snap to the fullest extent. On February nth, Colonel Glenn, accompanied by the veterans whose furloughs hadexpired and a number of new recruits rejoined the KHARDT, Co. C. 112 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT When the campaign opened in the spring General Shaler,with the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-seventh and One Hundred andTwenty-second New York, left for the front and arrived in timeto participate in the opening of the Wilderness campaign, where the General was cap-tured in trying to hold the ex-treme right flank with his littleskeleton command. This wasthe end of his term of servicewith his old brigade. He washeld prisoner of war a longtime, and was one of the offi-cers placed under the fire of ourguns at Charleston. When re-leased he was assigned to thecommand of the ist Division,7th Corps, at DuValls Bluff,Arkansas, being made BrevetMajor-General for long andfaithful services. Here he re-mained until the close of thew^ar. General Shaler was a strict disciplinarian, a good soldier,and was well liked, both b
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