. 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 . d not,but had noticed a caisson, and that he did not consider it likelyit would ever come back. Returning to the subject, the generalcontinued his reproof; but, considering his inexperience, un-questioned courage, and evident good intentions, he finallyyielded, concluding that the reprimand was sufificient punis
. 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 . d not,but had noticed a caisson, and that he did not consider it likelyit would ever come back. Returning to the subject, the generalcontinued his reproof; but, considering his inexperience, un-questioned courage, and evident good intentions, he finallyyielded, concluding that the reprimand was sufificient punish-ment, and released him from arrest and restored him to duty. As incidents in Crockers career appear from time to timethrough these pages, it will be noted that these early manifesta-tions of his daring, pluck and energy intensified as the yearsgrew and the occasions thickened. The following from the pen of Joseph Meehan, of CompanyA, is quaintly and truthfully earnest. So honest a descriptionof a battle experience has rarely appeared : * Towards evening on the 19th our colonel rode up to ourfront and called for fifty volunteers to take a rebel battery,across the river, five being wanted from each company. I re-sponded the second man from my company. I gave my watch — 79 —. JOSEPH MEEHAN, CO. A. and purse to our sergeant to keep for me, my kit to a comrade,and, with a general hand-shaking all around, we were off Clearing a woods between us and the river, we found ourartillery posted facing the river. We had a good step to gothrough an open field before gaining the river. The artilleryopened over our heads, under cover of which we reached theriver-bank, receiving a volley from the enemys infantry on the — 8o —
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