. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . b£^ 51 52 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. of the battlefield occupied by the First Long Island andTwenty-third and Sixty-first Pennsylvania are proofs I have otthe gallantry displayed by these regiments. Picket lines were established and the regiment went mtocamp to the right of the railroad, its position being on the left of the Philadelphia Brig-ade of Sumners Corps. Whilehere, on June yth, it was sentto the support of the picketlines in front of a briga
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . b£^ 51 52 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. of the battlefield occupied by the First Long Island andTwenty-third and Sixty-first Pennsylvania are proofs I have otthe gallantry displayed by these regiments. Picket lines were established and the regiment went mtocamp to the right of the railroad, its position being on the left of the Philadelphia Brig-ade of Sumners Corps. Whilehere, on June yth, it was sentto the support of the picketlines in front of a brigade ofthe Second Corps. Passingthrough their camps andcrossing the breastworks, theregiment bivouacked for thenight in the woods, with in-structions to sleep on theirarms. At dawn it moved tothe edge of a clearing, andsoon the Rebs charged with ayell, driving in the Neill would not, how-ever, allow the latter to pass «lLV_v^i»-iii^--<J -■ through our lires. compelling them to lie down in front as theTohnniesmade their appearance on the opposite end o thefield As the Rebs attempted to advance no further, the colonelordered Captain John F. Glenn
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