. 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 . on of the line, for theterrible roar drowned the voice of command, it began its des-perate work of assault. Under the appalling musketry andamid great disorder, the advance was maintained with reasonableregularity to a brick-yard,* with its kiln standing, through whichtore shot and shell, and from which bricks f
. 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 . on of the line, for theterrible roar drowned the voice of command, it began its des-perate work of assault. Under the appalling musketry andamid great disorder, the advance was maintained with reasonableregularity to a brick-yard,* with its kiln standing, through whichtore shot and shell, and from which bricks flew in every direc-tion. The little shelter afforded by the kiln had enticed thewounded within its reach to crawl to it for cover, and theirmangled, bleeding forms lay strewn e\erywhere, closely packed *John P. Knights. FREDERICKSBURG CAMPAIGN. 5th Corps, commanded by Division, commanded by Brig -Gen. Chas. GriffinI St Brigade, conlmanded by Col. James Barnes. 2d Maine, George Varney. i8th Mass., Jos. Hayes. 22d Mass., W. S. Tilton. ist Mich., Ira C. Abbott. 13th New York, Col. E. G. Marshall. 25th New York, Capt. Patrick Connelly. ii8th Penna., James Gwyn. 2d Co. Mass. Sharpshooters. Capt. L. F. MAP OF FREDERICKSBURG, SHOWING POSITION OF THE A LETTER FROM LIEUT-COL. WM. H. POWELL,5th ARMY CORPS. Who that hves and was presentin the city of Fredericksburg, Va.,can forget the last night spentthere? In the early part of thenight it rained—a cold Decemberrain—but toward midnight itcleared away, and a chilling bleak^vind from the north sent greatblack clouds scudding across thesky, through which occasionallypeeped a feeble moon. Torn awn-ings and broken window shuttersbanged and flapped about, start-i ng echoes in every nook and cor-ner, while broken sign-boards,swinging on their metal fasten-ings, uttered groans and shrieks asof incarnate fiends let loose fromHades. The horses hoofs r
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