. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . LEWIS J. SPEAKMAN,Co. A. 116 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. JOHN R. JOHXSTON,Lieutenant Co. C. Frank Taylor and Frank A. Lynch and one hundred andtwenty men were wounded. While the army lay here for twelve days in the entrenchedlines, the men had to hug the works, as the fire was close and active. On the 3d, Lt and ten men werewounded, and three were evening one companywas detailed to advance aboutten yards and dig rifle pits;this was
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . LEWIS J. SPEAKMAN,Co. A. 116 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. JOHN R. JOHXSTON,Lieutenant Co. C. Frank Taylor and Frank A. Lynch and one hundred andtwenty men were wounded. While the army lay here for twelve days in the entrenchedlines, the men had to hug the works, as the fire was close and active. On the 3d, Lt and ten men werewounded, and three were evening one companywas detailed to advance aboutten yards and dig rifle pits;this was done under a severefire, the company successfullythrowing up a safe cover wherethey remained until the morn-ing of the 5th, when reheved. At three oclock that morn-ing the regiment was recalledfrom the frontline and orderedto a position on the secondline, being continually under abrisk fire until 8. P. M., whenordered back to the third line, where the men, for the first timein five days, had a chance to cook supper and get a goodnights rest. On the 7th the Twenty-third was detailed to diga covered way to the front, and on the 8th it again went intothe trenches on the front line, where it
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