. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . add to your Chaplains picture of the action, norcould I as strikingly and eloquently give voice to the heroicdeeds of your gallant regiment on that memorable day. The seven days of hard and ceaseless fighting, each dayending in a night of continuous marching over rough, narrowand treacherous roads, through almost impassable swampsthe roads encumbered with lug-gage and artillery, withdrawingsilently, compactly, resolutelyand defiantly from close prox-imity to an
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . add to your Chaplains picture of the action, norcould I as strikingly and eloquently give voice to the heroicdeeds of your gallant regiment on that memorable day. The seven days of hard and ceaseless fighting, each dayending in a night of continuous marching over rough, narrowand treacherous roads, through almost impassable swampsthe roads encumbered with lug-gage and artillery, withdrawingsilently, compactly, resolutelyand defiantly from close prox-imity to an alert and enterpris-ing enemy, flushed with successand eager for your capture ordestruction, furnishes the bestevidence of the indomitablespirit and soldierly worth of thegrand old Army of the Poto-mac, the Potomac Army of1862, with which we were proudto be enrolled. That week of battles by dayand marches by night was wonby the matchless pluck andbravery, by the staying qualities of the rank and file oi thatbrave army. Malvern Hill, like Antietam and Gettysburg, like theWilderness and the series of battles immediately preceding. G. A. Sergt. Co. H. 1^84 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT
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