. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . y-fifth New York,stopped at the Springs Hotel and enjoyed the medicinal watersof the celebrated Katasalyn Springs. We gave them a callon the visit to the first days action, and were warmly wel-comed. THE SIXTH CORPS committee of arrangements for the Reunion atGettysburg have prepared an elegant badge, to be worn bythe survivors of the One Hundred and Twenty-second NewYork, and a separate badge for the friends who accompanythem. The blue Greek cross which th
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . y-fifth New York,stopped at the Springs Hotel and enjoyed the medicinal watersof the celebrated Katasalyn Springs. We gave them a callon the visit to the first days action, and were warmly wel-comed. THE SIXTH CORPS committee of arrangements for the Reunion atGettysburg have prepared an elegant badge, to be worn bythe survivors of the One Hundred and Twenty-second NewYork, and a separate badge for the friends who accompanythem. The blue Greek cross which then designated the di-vision of the Sixth Corps to which the regiment was attached,forms a part of this badge. The frequent reorganizationsmade necessary by the heavy casualties of the campaignsunder Grant, beginning in the Wilderness, while not separat-ing the regiments originally Shalers Brigade, caused severalchanges in assignment to divisions ; and the One Hundredand Twenty-second was at different times attached to the First,Second and Third Divisions of the Sixth Corps, with corres- PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 363. ponding changes in the color of the division cross. A Twoster can, therefore, sport a red, white or blue cross, ashe pleases. His regiment never dishonored either of the colorsand carried itself with honor in all the prominent engagementsin which the Army of the Poto-mac participated, from Antie-tam to Appomattox, and in ad-dition to these it bore a promi-nent part in the glories of theValley Campaign under Sher-idan, in 64, winning laurels atFort Stevens, Winches-ter, Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek. Tipton, the Gettysburgphotographer, very kindlyfurnished gratis the photos ofthe several cuts in this bookappertaining to Gettysburgfield. He says he couldntthink of making any charge for anything needed in the publi-cation. Nick Wilson, the Superintendent of the battlefieldgrounds, we found to be a genial gentleman, ready to accom-modate at all times. He wears th
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