. Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d regiment, Penn'a volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents. -. CHAPTER XXIV. Meagre Replies to Roll-Call—Earth-works a Mass of Mud—Rerel Sharpshooters Driven from the Woods—AgreeableSurprise and Lucky Find—Attack upon Cavalry—Artillery Movements—Comrade John M. BensonSeriously Wounded—Major-General Whip-ple Shot, and Other Casualties. Monday, May 4, 1S63.—About 6 oclock this morningthe company rolls were called throughout the Regiment,when the replies were found to be very meagre. In Com-pany K twenty-four absentees
. Concise history of the camp and field life of the 122d regiment, Penn'a volunteers. Compiled from notes, sketches, facts and incidents. -. CHAPTER XXIV. Meagre Replies to Roll-Call—Earth-works a Mass of Mud—Rerel Sharpshooters Driven from the Woods—AgreeableSurprise and Lucky Find—Attack upon Cavalry—Artillery Movements—Comrade John M. BensonSeriously Wounded—Major-General Whip-ple Shot, and Other Casualties. Monday, May 4, 1S63.—About 6 oclock this morningthe company rolls were called throughout the Regiment,when the replies were found to be very meagre. In Com-pany K twenty-four absentees were reported ; however, asthe morning waned away, hour by hour, we receivedacquisitions to our ranks, as our comrades, who had becomescattered during the confusion and dismay incident to thebattles of yesterday, were returning to their wonted places inthe Regiment. Owing to a heavy shower of rain accom-panied by thunder and lightning, our new line of earth-works was rendered one mass of packed, tough mud ;which, being our line of defence, was properly supported,as one portion of .^be artillery had been concentrated th
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