. History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 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 . — 420 — To the eastward and soutliward it was generally all clearedland, and timber was the exception. Except a light showier on the 7th the weather had been clearand generally unusually warm. On the nth rain fell heavily,and the storm continued throughout the night. During theday there was no positive demonstration. The ski
. History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 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 . — 420 — To the eastward and soutliward it was generally all clearedland, and timber was the exception. Except a light showier on the 7th the weather had been clearand generally unusually warm. On the nth rain fell heavily,and the storm continued throughout the night. During theday there was no positive demonstration. The skirmisherswere pressed close against the enemy. Active firing followed,. A WET DAY ON PICKET. accompanied by occasional discharges of artiller}-. LieutenantThomas was wounded by a piece of shell. The instructions to corps commanders had been to ascertainwhat, if any, changes had been made in their front, the leastforce sufficient to hold their positions, and what force was — 421 — available for offensive movements, the object being to ascertainwhere a concentrated attack might be most effectively madeand with what force. In one of the many affairs so significantly designated as feel-ing the enemy to ascertain his strength, John L. King, of Com-pany E, now a minister of the gospel at Lysander, N. Y., wastaken prisoner. He had been whirled around in the usual tur-moil which follows such occasions when the feeling has beenaccomplished and the strength ascertained sufficiently to let thefeelers know they liave no business there, when, wiping thedust and perspiration from his eyes, he found himself con-fronted by a line of battle. Wheres the ii8th Pennsyl-v
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