History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, from their first engagement at Antietam to AppomattoxTo which is added a record of its organization and a complete rosterFully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations . om the enemy. To the north-ward of the line of march dense timber covered almost the en-tire distance from the Jerusalem Plank Road to the cartways and paths well known to the enemy crossedit in all directions. The Halifax Road runs parallel with therailroad. Beyond it, to the westward, about a mile, is theVaughan
History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, from their first engagement at Antietam to AppomattoxTo which is added a record of its organization and a complete rosterFully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations . om the enemy. To the north-ward of the line of march dense timber covered almost the en-tire distance from the Jerusalem Plank Road to the cartways and paths well known to the enemy crossedit in all directions. The Halifax Road runs parallel with therailroad. Beyond it, to the westward, about a mile, is theVaughan Road. This road enters the Halifax Road to thenorth towards Petersburg, about a mile and a half from theGlobe Tavern. Between the Vaughan and the Halifax Roadstimber and cultivated lands alternate each other. Some of theopen spaces towards the Vaughan Road, subsequently occupiedby the enemy, were rising ground, well adapted for the location,of batteries. The lines held by our forces were equally wellsuited for artillery, the timber at the same time concealing theguns. General Griffins division was disposed of immediately to — 499 — cover the position to the south and west. A strong picket linewas thrown out some fifteen hundred yards to the front towards. the Vaughan Road, and measures were at once taken by build-ing rifle-pits and slashing to strengthen the position of the mainline. During the various movements and heavy contests of — 5°° — the three following days the division did not change its positionmaterially, except that about five oclock on the afternoon ofthe 19th the 1st and 3d Brigades were moved to the right andnorth to the line occupied by the other divisions of the 3d Brigade was absent but a short time, when it returnedto its position without being engaged. The 187th PennsylvaniaVolunteers had a very sharp engagement, the rest of the 1stBrigade remaining, meanwhile, in the second line of whole of the 1st Brigade returned to its pos
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