. 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 . LIEUTENANT HENRY T. CHAPTER XV. CAMP BARNES—THE WINTER AT BEVERLY FORD. Serenely full, the epicure would say:* Fate cannot harm me; I have dined to-day. , Farquier, andStafford had be-come old abidingplaces. The belt ofcountry betweenthe Potomac andRapidan was a fa-miliar region. Theessen
. 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 . LIEUTENANT HENRY T. CHAPTER XV. CAMP BARNES—THE WINTER AT BEVERLY FORD. Serenely full, the epicure would say:* Fate cannot harm me; I have dined to-day. , Farquier, andStafford had be-come old abidingplaces. The belt ofcountry betweenthe Potomac andRapidan was a fa-miliar region. Theessential elementof intention alone was wanting to assure to the soldier of thePotomac army all the rights of a Virginian citizenship. The third of the four winters of the war had opened auspi-ciously. The advantages of the situation selected for the per-manent encampment had been tested through all the seasons,and if the privilege of choosing their own abode had beenawarded the regiment, they would have looked no farther insearch of a better place. The upper side of the Rappahan-nock, in the vicinity of Beverly Ford, was convenient and ac-cessible to the depots of issue and supply, in easy reach of alldesirable neighbors, just far enough from the front to be beyondthe annoyances of disturbing reconnoissanc
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