. 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 . g, at seven oclock, Griffins division moved out of its en-trenchments at the Yellow Tavern, destined before the sunshould set to accomplish a good days work. Bartletts brigade,temporarily under thecommand of ColonelGwyn, led the divi-sion. Colonel Her-ring and MajorONeill were both ab-sent on sick leave andthe c
. 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 . g, at seven oclock, Griffins division moved out of its en-trenchments at the Yellow Tavern, destined before the sunshould set to accomplish a good days work. Bartletts brigade,temporarily under thecommand of ColonelGwyn, led the divi-sion. Colonel Her-ring and MajorONeill were both ab-sent on sick leave andthe command of theregiment devolvedupon Captain JamesB. Wilson. The route led firstto the left, then to theright, crossed an openspace, and beyondit entered a thickgrowth of woods,mostly scrubby this the waywas felt cautiously, and about two and a half miles from the command halted. Here, under the personaldirection of General Griffin, skirmishers were thrown out. Ofthe detail was one officer and twenty men from the had not gone far when they developed the enemyspickets behind light works thrown up along the road in frontof Poplar Grove Church. After some sharp firing the enemyfell back to his main line. In this skirmish, gallantly pressing. CAPTAIN AND BREVET-MAJOR JAMES — 514 — forward, Lieutenant Conahay was killed. General Griffin was be-side him when he fell. The regiment then advanced to the church. The line, at something of an angle to the enemys works,was partly protected from the round shot and shell by the crestof a hill. After some little delay the brigade was adjusted for aforward movement, and, with a change of front forward on theright company, the regiment was in full view of a four-gun bat-tery and a long line of infantry parapets. As the troops leftcover they were greeted with a heavy fire of grape and canisterand a furious discharge of musketry. The i6th Michigan wason the right of the Ii8th. After passing ov
Size: 1455px × 1716px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorunitedstatesarmypenns, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
