. 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 . were conducted atthe double-quick. Troops were met retreating on the forward was soon changed to the left flank, and it hadscarcely begun when loud directions faced the column aboutand moved it by the right flank. The advance that had drivenPotters right was vigorously continued. The seizure of a crest,t
. 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 . were conducted atthe double-quick. Troops were met retreating on the forward was soon changed to the left flank, and it hadscarcely begun when loud directions faced the column aboutand moved it by the right flank. The advance that had drivenPotters right was vigorously continued. The seizure of a crest,that faced a wood through which ran a roadway down whichthe enemy moved with ease, alone averted the fate that hadbefallen Potter. Here the line was established just in time tohold the enemy to the timber. He was somewhat disorganizedfrom his pursuit, but still in condition to stand and deliverwicked and destructive punishment. On the left of the 118th was the 20th Maine; on the rightthe i6th Michigan. The belief that some of the 9th Corpsdivision still lingered on the same ground over which partof it had been driven, the appearance here and there of mendressed partly in blue, created the erroneous impression thatour men were still in front. In spite of the fact that the troops. ISAAC H. SEESHOLTZ,Capt. Co. K, 1862-1865. THE Nt^K JORK — 519 — were Deing fired upon with telling severity, the officers in alldirections called loudly and earnestly not to fire. The menknew better, and they also knew that in a moment, with suchpunishment and no resistance, the line could not be the command, the fire opened just in time to save adisastrous break. It seems scarcely credible but fi-om the crest to the wood wasbarely one hundred feet. Yet for full thirty minutes our forcein the open, wholly without cover, the enemy sheltered by thetimber, withstood his terrible fire and eventually dislodged him. A shell burst in the right of the 20th Maine and ten or adozen men dropp
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