. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . 105 106 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. of the men of the One Hundred and Twenty-second New York,who had been sentenced to be shot for desertion. When every-thing was ready for the execution, Adjutant Boggs stepped tothe front of the line and read a pardon from President Lincoln. Everybody seemed satisfiedat this termination, and OldAbe was commended for hiskindness of heart. October ist the Twenty-third moved with the SixthCorps to Catletts Station;here it rem
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . 105 106 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. of the men of the One Hundred and Twenty-second New York,who had been sentenced to be shot for desertion. When every-thing was ready for the execution, Adjutant Boggs stepped tothe front of the line and read a pardon from President Lincoln. Everybody seemed satisfiedat this termination, and OldAbe was commended for hiskindness of heart. October ist the Twenty-third moved with the SixthCorps to Catletts Station;here it remained on fatigueand picket duty until the 12th,when all the rolling stock ofthe road, with governmentstores, arrived at WarrentonJunction, and Captain Rees,with four companies, wasdetailed to guard them. Latethe same evening it wasrumored that the enemy wasadvancing, and the Twenty-third, and one company of theThirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry was sent to re-enforce theguard. During the night General Shaler arrived with thebalance of the brigade, and at daylight the rest of thecorps arrived and the stores were safe. On the isth thebrigade marched to Centreville, where t
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