. 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 . er at these forts than at any otherpoint. A little to the right of Sedgwick was a cohorn batterythat answered very well for exhibition purposes when such in-quisitive prowlers happened around. It was a dull, murkyafternoon ; the batteries on both sides were quiet. No one ven-tured to suggest to the officer in ch
. 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 . er at these forts than at any otherpoint. A little to the right of Sedgwick was a cohorn batterythat answered very well for exhibition purposes when such in-quisitive prowlers happened around. It was a dull, murkyafternoon ; the batteries on both sides were quiet. No one ven-tured to suggest to the officer in charge of the cohorns that alittle practice would be agreeable, but he, observing that the — 489 — strangers were in search of what to them he thought wasdoubtless a novelty, hazarded a shot or two. As the mis-siles rose and curved towards their destination, his men mountedthe parapet to watch with what effective aim their shots hadbeen directed and to give the caution to cover if the enemysreply should come as true as sent. The response came quickly,and all prepared to seek the friendly bomb-proofs, when thewatchers on the ramparts stopped the movement with the re-mark : Never mind; stay where you are. There it goes,right into hell. It seemed, so it was stated, that such was. usually the case. No matter what batteries in that vicinityopened, the enemy usually punished Sedgwick for the sins ofall the others. The bomb-proofs went up, or rather went down, rapidly, andgreat subterranean cities took the place of the canvas-coveredtowns in the trenches. They required considerable timber. There was not much tobe spared from the immediate vicinity, and to drag it by handfrom the rear involved time and labor. The ii 8th were onterms of close friendship with the men of a battery on their — 490 — right. Their horses were idle and were kindly proffered to dothe hauling. The pine logs were laid transversely across theexcavation, chinked with leaves and boughs, and from twenty-four to
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