. 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 . ocks heavy fightnear Burgesss Mill, scarce three miles off, was not heard byCrawfords column. General Warren, who was with it whilethe battle was at its height, reports that he did not hear thesounds of the engage-ment. A body of theenemy drifted into ourlines and had captureda staff-officer bearinga communicati
. 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 . ocks heavy fightnear Burgesss Mill, scarce three miles off, was not heard byCrawfords column. General Warren, who was with it whilethe battle was at its height, reports that he did not hear thesounds of the engage-ment. A body of theenemy drifted into ourlines and had captureda staff-officer bearinga communication, butthemselves surrender-ed when convinced byhim where they officers of thestaff lost late in theafternoon remainedout all night, awaitingdaylight before theycould find their wayback. General Hancockcame back disap-pointed, and GeneralCrawford, of no use where he was, was withdrawn. General Hancock passed theregiment on his return a hatless soldier. His clouded, angrybrow and hatless head made his presence on that occasionmemorable. The enemys cavalry pursued the tired and straggling men who were in the rear of Crawfords and Hancocks retiring column, and drove in across the run the small mounted force which had been left to protect them. General Bartletts brig- 34. FIRST LIEUTENANT THOS. F. KELLY. — 53C — ade was formed to check this advance. The enemys lineof battle was in plain view, and the duty of checking it wasallotted to Colonel Herring, with the iiSth and ist Michi-gan. He essayed to do the work with a skirmish line, andcalled to the ist Michigan for volunteers for skirmish duty-Promptly the whole regiment responded. I dont wantyou all, said Herring, and taking what he needed he movedforward, the enemy with their usual yell showing a dispositionto advance; some excellent marksmanship by the skirmishersinduced a contrary action, and the enemy withdrew. In thisaffair Antone Huver and Francis Mullen, of K, werewounded slightly. As the rear guard of the co
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