. 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 . a portion of the 198th Pennsylvania and the185th as a skirmish line. General Chamberlain, who had been detached from thecolumn by a message from General Sheridan to push forwardto his relief at once, had already reached the front line and hadrelieved our cavalry then sustaining the attack of the Stone-wall Jacks
. 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 . a portion of the 198th Pennsylvania and the185th as a skirmish line. General Chamberlain, who had been detached from thecolumn by a message from General Sheridan to push forwardto his relief at once, had already reached the front line and hadrelieved our cavalry then sustaining the attack of the Stone-wall Jackson corps, and was now on the right of our line, withGregorys brigade next and the 3d Brigade connecting on theleft. The 118th was in the front line. The cavalry line ofbattle and the cavalry pickets, now all relieved, moved off bythe flank at a trot, with sabre glistening in the sunlight, flankedby a herd of pack animals, and formed on the right of thecorps. left of the regiment, and riding directly to a group of soldiers,composed of Corporal William L. Gabe, Corporal AnthonyHuver, and Corporal John L. Smith, who were standing in thelane about ten feet in front of their company (K.) Hne, andwho promptly halted him, he asked: Where is your com-manding officer, General Sheridan?. CAPT. ROBERT MOORMAN SIMS, Bearer of Flag of Truce, April 9, 1865, at December 8, 1898, at Shandon, S. C. They pointed to their right, saying, Over there, and thetruce-bearer went dashing away through the regimental line inthat direction at breakneck speed. This was on April 9, 1865, about 6 A. M., and whilst theregiment was advancing in line of battle, and we were haltedw^hen the flag of truce was seen coming. In connection with this momentous event (as it occurred soquickly), when some years after I tried to ascertain the nameof the officer who carried that flag of truce, it took over sixteenyears of search and work before I succeeded in estabhshingthat, it was Capt. R. M. Sims, an aide
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