. 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 . rn base of Round Topand well to the Union left of the battle-field. General Griffin, who had arrived on the field during the en-gagement and who refused to relieve General Barnes, now re-sumed command of his division. General Barnes had been severely wounded on the secondday of the battle, but still kept the fie
. 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 . rn base of Round Topand well to the Union left of the battle-field. General Griffin, who had arrived on the field during the en-gagement and who refused to relieve General Barnes, now re-sumed command of his division. General Barnes had been severely wounded on the secondday of the battle, but still kept the field. On the 9th, forced toyield to surgical treatment, he relinquished the command ofthe brigade and, though he subsequently returned for a time,never afterwards participated in so great an the brigade he had won honors and fame, secured theesteem and confidence of his subordinates and the admirationand his soldiers. He justly deserved the considera-tion shown him by General Griffin, who arrived amid the heatof the contest and declined to assume command until the battlewas over. Griffin considerately remarked : To you, GeneralBarnes, belongs the honor of the field ; you began the battlewith the division, and shall fight it to the end. Barness sol- (272).
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