. 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 . him free when the*wah brokeout, had done and give him the fee of all his lands. Thesoldiers were skeptical. They traced the motive, or thoughtthey did, for his marsters munificence, if the story had anyfoundation, to his conclusion that the vandals would avoidspoliation where the negro claimed an ownership. So 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 . him free when the*wah brokeout, had done and give him the fee of all his lands. Thesoldiers were skeptical. They traced the motive, or thoughtthey did, for his marsters munificence, if the story had anyfoundation, to his conclusion that the vandals would avoidspoliation where the negro claimed an ownership. So they — 220 laudably agreed to compromise by only burning the rails inhalf, as a fire in the centre would answer their purpose forcooking, and permitting the colored recipient of his marstersbounty to still retain the two ends. The darkey could notexactly see what benefit he should derive from this concession,but succumbed to the inevitable. The bivouac was upon the margin of a stream, the bed ofwhich was dry. Upon the banks was a growth of stuntedtimber. There was a scarcity of water and an abundance oftoads, and if one or more saw fit to abide for a time in thelimited quantity available for drinking or cooking, the waterwas considered no less desirable. Captain Donegan, with. BIVOUAC ON BULL RUN BATTLE-FIELD. much difficulty, had secured sufficient for a single cup of had prepared the beverage, and while awaiting its cooHng,a friendly toad took possession until forced out by the hightemperature. It in no way destroyed the captains only regret was that he lost what the reptile had splashedover the sides. On the 17th, at six oclock in the morning, the columnmoved on again over the plains of Manassas, passing theHenry House, famous as the spot where the stalwart regulardivision held the victorious enemy until darkness permitted thewithdrawal of the broken and shattered fragments of Popes — 221 — disordered battalions—famous, too, in both the Bull Run
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