. 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 . he morning of the 2d Warren was ordered to extend hisleft to connect with the 18th Corps at Woodys, the right ofwhich corps crossed the Bethesda Church Road at that point,near Beulah Church; at the same time he was to contract hisright to such an extent as to make one-half his force availablefor attack. This it
. 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 . he morning of the 2d Warren was ordered to extend hisleft to connect with the 18th Corps at Woodys, the right ofwhich corps crossed the Bethesda Church Road at that point,near Beulah Church; at the same time he was to contract hisright to such an extent as to make one-half his force availablefor attack. This it was expected would bring his right in thevicinity of Bethesda Church and give him a line about threemiles long. Interrupted here and there by the swamps of theMatadequin it was virtually shortened, as he would commandthe swamps without occupying them. General Burnside wasdirected to withdraw and mass his force to the rear of Warrensright to protect that flank and support the corps. The withdrawal of troops from our right had attracted Leesattention, and on the morning of the 2d he had directed Early — 453 — to get on our right flank and drive it down the front of theConfederate line. To carry out this order Rodess divisionmoved out the Shady Grove Church Road, Gordon moving. BETHESDA CHURCH. round to keep pace with Rodes, and Heth following Rodestook position on his left. Burnsides withdrawal was still un-finished, his skirmish line still occupying the corps entrench-- — 454 ments. The movement brought on sharp fighting whichlasted until after dark, but failed to accomplish the full purposedesigned. The skirmishers from Bartletts brigade held the extremeright of the 5th Corps. On their right were the skirmishersof the 9th Corps, with whom they were supposed to them, however, and the left of that corps skirmish line was a deep, thickly wooded ravine, which effectually con-cealed the two bodies fromeach other, but their linewas there when Bartlettsline was est
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