. 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 . enemyspickets, the skirmish line, under Lieutenant Walters, waspressed vigorously into it. A formidable volley, the appear-ance of large bodies on either flank and a movement in front,indicating a purpose to engage, sufficiently accomplishedColonel Tiltons instructions to develop the enemy, and hewithdrew to the
. 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 . enemyspickets, the skirmish line, under Lieutenant Walters, waspressed vigorously into it. A formidable volley, the appear-ance of large bodies on either flank and a movement in front,indicating a purpose to engage, sufficiently accomplishedColonel Tiltons instructions to develop the enemy, and hewithdrew to the vicinity of the point from whence he started. The brigade fell back a short distance and formed a line ofbattle in a piece of woods. An hour or so after taking up thisposition a storm arose and the rain descended in bayonets of the guns were jammed into the ground toprevent the water running into the barrels. A farm-house stood near. In the midst of the storm itsproprietor came out, approached the general and insisted thatthe troops should be moved further out. Couldnt the generalsee that if a fight took place there his house and outbuildingswould be ruined ? Why, those heavy shot and shell would goright through the walls, and one place was as good as another 263. — 264 — to fight in. He pleaded, begged, beseeched, stormed ; but allto no purpose. The unfeeling general told him that a move-ment was impossible, and the hard-hearted soldiery greeted hisappeals with roars of derisive laughter. The regiment biv-ouacked that night in the same position, the storm continuingunabated. This storm, breaking the intense heat of the three precedingdays, was so memorable that for a long time it was designatedas the rain of the Fourth of July, 63, and, in any confusionof dates in the memories of the participants in the battle, servedas a guide to rectify discrepancies. While the regiment lay crouching for protection in its firstposition near the Rose House, before it had yet
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