. 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 . JOSEPH MEEHAN, CO. A. and purse to our sergeant to keep for me, my kit to a comrade,and, with a general hand-shaking all around, we were off Clearing a woods between us and the river, we found ourartillery posted facing the river. We had a good step to gothrough an open field before gaining the river. The artill
. 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 . JOSEPH MEEHAN, CO. A. and purse to our sergeant to keep for me, my kit to a comrade,and, with a general hand-shaking all around, we were off Clearing a woods between us and the river, we found ourartillery posted facing the river. We had a good step to gothrough an open field before gaining the river. The artilleryopened over our heads, under cover of which we reached theriver-bank, receiving a volley from the enemys infantry on the — 8o —. ALBERT H. WALTERS, CAPTAIN AND BREVET-MAJOR. opposite side as we advanced, which, however, did us no a canal knee-deep in water, we laid flat on the ground,as the rebel pickets were firing across at us. Waiting this wayperhaps half an hour, word came to us that the battery hadbeen captured by another body of troops acting in conjunctionwith us, and we returned quietly to camp. Our colonel madea complimentary speech to us on our behavior, and took a listof those who had volunteered. **As this was my first time actually under infantry fire, I wasgreatly excited. My feelings are hard to describe. When — 8i — walking across the open field, with the artillery firing overheadand the rebels firing at us, I felt afraid. My heart beat tumult-uously. i thought I might be killed, and had no wish to longed to live, and thought myself a fool for voluntarily plac-ing myself in the army. Yet I had no idea at all of turningback. My feelings were, that if ordered to go on, I woul
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