. 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 . ifted toa more favorable site in a neighboring belt of timber. It had 348 — snowed on the 8th, and cold, bitter winds followed the camp was not distant from that spot of pleasant memoriesand associations, in the vicinity of Gold Farm, where the regi-ment had remained for a week or so just preceding th
. 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 . ifted toa more favorable site in a neighboring belt of timber. It had 348 — snowed on the 8th, and cold, bitter winds followed the camp was not distant from that spot of pleasant memoriesand associations, in the vicinity of Gold Farm, where the regi-ment had remained for a week or so just preceding the Gettys-burg campaign. On the 19th the camp near Kellys Ford wasbroken, the river again crossed and a camp established at PaoliMills, on the banks of a stream which appeared to bear theneighborhood designation of Mountain Run. It empties intothe Rappahannock just below Kellys Ford, and the mill is situ-ated a few miles from its mouth. Here the Confederates hadbeen for some time encamped,with the evident expectationofa winter occupancy. Theirquarters had been substan-tiall) constructed. The work-manship was good; shinglescovered the roof instead ofcanvas. Hinged doors andwindow sashes, with glass,were decided improvementson the winter homes of theUnion soldiers. It was rather. surprising that when the ene- MAJOR AND BREVET LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HENRY ONEILL. my abandoned these homesthey had not destroyed them,but with the exception ofwhat had been probably avery scant supply of furni-ture, which had been removed, they were as complete as whenoccupied. At this camp Captain Charles H. Fernald met wnth an acci-dent which resulted in a broken leg;. It necessitated his with-drawal from the front temporarily, and he was sent home fortreatment. And here Major Henry ONeill, returning from his detail to — 349 — the Philadelphia draft rendezvous, with his commission in thatrank, assumed, in the absence of the other field-officers, com-mand of the regiment. The major was somewhat elate
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