. 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 . politeness. In the morning, finding all the bottlesempty, he sadly reflected that all earthly pleasures are fleeting. The Richards Ford reconnoissance was but a prelude to theBurnside winter campaign of January, 1863, now historicallyrecognized as the famous * Mud March. The cold, unusualfor the latitude, contin
. 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 . politeness. In the morning, finding all the bottlesempty, he sadly reflected that all earthly pleasures are fleeting. The Richards Ford reconnoissance was but a prelude to theBurnside winter campaign of January, 1863, now historicallyrecognized as the famous * Mud March. The cold, unusualfor the latitude, continued for several weeks. The ground Avasfirm and solid, the frost deep and the roads better than everbefore in the armys experience in a Virginia winter. If thefreezing weather had held on a little longer there would doubt-less have been another issue to the unfortunate affair; therewould at least have been a fight. Repeatedly orders were issued for the movement and asoften countermanded, until, on Tuesday, the 20th of January,it was finally begun. It was a crisp, bright winter day. Aflaming general order, indicating prospective success, intimatinga surprise, appealing to the strength and valor of the soldiery,and assuring a hopefulness in a speedy termination of the war, 159 —. — i6o — was published to even regiment just before its march Army of the Potomac had become a stoHd set; stirringappeals had lost their effectiveness; what was to be done theyconsidered had better be done and talked of afterwards. De-monstrative language, defiant music, were thought to be the bands of the two armies would taunt each other withrival patriotic airs, it was invariably followed by defeat or with-drawal; and written promises and urgent appeals it was thoughtwould have kindred results. Yet there was willingness andreadiness, and the men moved off with a cheerful alacrity, agait and carriage that implied that what they were put at theywould accomplish if others could. I
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