. 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 . artermaster Gardiners horse, ananimal he had recently purchased, and which he desired to testunder fire. First restive, then impatient, under the screech and roar of the burstingshells, the animalfinally became un-manageable. Circ-ling and rearing inevery direction, it atlast plunged into ahole made from theupro
. 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 . artermaster Gardiners horse, ananimal he had recently purchased, and which he desired to testunder fire. First restive, then impatient, under the screech and roar of the burstingshells, the animalfinally became un-manageable. Circ-ling and rearing inevery direction, it atlast plunged into ahole made from theuprooting of a fallentree. Colonel Her-ring was unable todisengage himself intime, and the horsefell heavily upon hisfoot, so severely in-juring it that he wasunable to wa^k. Heat once dismountedJOHN HAYES, JR., SERGT. CO. c. Lieutenant Paschal who, in the absence of Peck, was acting adjutant, and mount-ing Paschalls horse continued to direct the movements of theregiment. Beyond the point where the command had halted the groundwas marshy and heavy. Pursuant to instructions from General Warren, to whom thebrigade detached from the division reported directly. GeneralPearson took two regiments, the 32d Massachusetts and 155thPennsylvania, on the double-quick and went to the support of. — 553 — General Ayress left. The heavy firing fi-om the direction inwhich they moved told conclusively that they had at once be-came engaged. Attention was still intent upon this and theheavy shelling, when General Pearson, returning hurriedly, rodeup and directed Colonel Herring to put in his regiment, as theMichigan skirmishers had been severely handled, and many ofthem captured. The Michigan skirmishers, with the 32dMassachusetts and 155th Pennsylvania, were the first of thebrigade to come in contact with the enemy, when the wholewas ordered in by General Warren to secure General Ayressleft. Moving gallantly forward, the line swept on until the boggyground was reached, where, from the difficulty
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