. The Maryland campaign and the battle of Antietam . sition General Mans-field—who was near our right front—was mortally wounded;men from the 125th Pennsylvania carried him to the this time the 125th regiment was in a clover field—partlyplowed—to the right of the Smoketown Road, and due to thetwo lines of fence, either side of the road. Company B wasdoubled on Company A which on that day was second Com-pany from the left of the regiment, Company G being theright of the regiment. At this time General Hooker camefrom the rear—with his horse on a dead gallop—and accom-panied only by an or
. The Maryland campaign and the battle of Antietam . sition General Mans-field—who was near our right front—was mortally wounded;men from the 125th Pennsylvania carried him to the this time the 125th regiment was in a clover field—partlyplowed—to the right of the Smoketown Road, and due to thetwo lines of fence, either side of the road. Company B wasdoubled on Company A which on that day was second Com-pany from the left of the regiment, Company G being theright of the regiment. At this time General Hooker camefrom the rear—with his horse on a dead gallop—and accom-panied only by an orderly; when he saw Colonel Higgins, whowas on his knees in a fence comer—where he would be parti-ally protected from the firing in front and be able to observethe movements of the enemy—said Colonel, what regimentis this, what is in front of you? The Colonel answered,125th P. V.—Nothing but rebels; General Hooker pointedto West Woods and gave the command Advance and hold that woods. Bullets were like hail, his horse was wounded 36. TEE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM in several places and was frantic with pain. Colonel Higginssaid General, you had better get out of this, and he re-plied Guess I had and at that instant a musket ball hithim in the lower instep of right foot, he then wheeled hishorse and galloped to the rear. The Mumma home, barn, and out-buildings were burningand with the smoke of battle obscured the field so that ex-treme caution was necessary. As we were being shelled bymassed batteries—located near Dunker Church—two or threeof us crawled to the left and took cover from a disabled Con-federate cannon—which had been abandoned; the Johnniesthought we intended to capture it, so they turned a gun onus and the first shot went through a wheel; when the spokesflew we rolled over and crawled out of range—and you canimagine how our new blue uniforms looked after the process. Before crossing to the left of Smoketown Road a staffofficer, a Lieutenant, passed
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