. 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 . ed Lieutenant Lewiss attention to a Confederatestand of colors and its color-bearer. Taking deliberate aim, hefired, and the standard almost instantly fell. Donnelly, en-raptured with hissuccess, never after-wards returned tohis orderly duty, butremained, coura-geously fighting, inthe ranks, and to-wards the end
. 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 . ed Lieutenant Lewiss attention to a Confederatestand of colors and its color-bearer. Taking deliberate aim, hefired, and the standard almost instantly fell. Donnelly, en-raptured with hissuccess, never after-wards returned tohis orderly duty, butremained, coura-geously fighting, inthe ranks, and to-wards the end ofthe war was re-warded with a well-earned promotion toa first lieutenancy. The yard andgrounds oftheTros-tle House soonswarmed with skir-mishers from Barks-dales brigade. TheM i s siss ippianscrowded every cor-ner, knoll and rock that offered protection, pouring in a de-structive and accurate fire. Their line of battle, with colorswell to the front, developed distinctly and still continued toenvelop the right and the battery, punishing it most soon covered the rear as well as the flank. With amad rush they made for the guns. Bigelow was almoatsurrounded ; he had lost eighty horses. Nearly all his menwere killed or wounded. Yielding to the inevitable, the pieces. JAMES J. DONNELLY. — 248 — were abandoned, and all four fell into the enemys hands, to besubsequently, however, retaken before the close of the spot no longer tenable, a further withdrawal was neces-sitated. Just as it commenced the color-bearer of the 21stMississippi regiment advanced through the gate of the Tros-tle House and, halting in tlie road, stood gallantly and cour-ageously waving his colors in the midst of the thickest of the
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