. 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 . t proper effect. A night came, however, on which he wasdelighted with the results. Jim! screamed one of the occupants of the next tent;** Jim ! get up, quick ! Theres a snake in the straw I The four sleepers were awake, up in an instant, and out ofthe tent. Once outside, they interrogated the alarmist:* How do y
. 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 . t proper effect. A night came, however, on which he wasdelighted with the results. Jim! screamed one of the occupants of the next tent;** Jim ! get up, quick ! Theres a snake in the straw I The four sleepers were awake, up in an instant, and out ofthe tent. Once outside, they interrogated the alarmist:* How do you know there is a snake there ? I was turning over and put my hand on was most conclusive proof The proprietor of the toadscame out of his tent and obligingly offered to furnish a candleto throw light on further investigations. Arming themselves,they cautiously pulled the straw out of the tent, little by little,and with raised sticks watched at the entrance, while an ex-tended arm, with the light, was held inside. The night scenewas an interesting one. The rays from the candle revealed twosolemn-looking toads, squatted on their haunches, apparentlywondering what the fuss was all about. The presence of toadsin the tent on the other side of the joker having been discov-. II4EUTENANT-C0L0NEL 118TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERSBREVET MAJOR-GENERAL U. S. VOLUNTEERS. THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASrOir, LENOX AN© •ILDSN FOUNDATIONS K L — 17 — ered, suspicion was, somehow, directed to him. The boyswatched, and detected his little game without his being awareof it. One morning, in dressing, he found the bottoms of hispantaloon legs neatly pinned and a half-dozen or so of toads ineach. Not confounded, he only said sadly: * Boys, I didntthink youd be guilty of toadying to me in this way. Sunday, August lOth, the camp was visited by several hun-dred persons. In the afternoon there was divine service underthe auspices of Samuel L. Ward and James Barratt, Jr., at whichthe Rev. Mr.
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