. History of the One hundred and sixth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, 2d brigade, 2d division, 2d corps, 1861-1865 . PORAL ElLERY J. ;86i. May 12, 1864. As Private,ted to Corporal, March 14, at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, C. H., Va., May 12, CoRPOiiAL Peter W. Scheik. Aug. 26. 1861. June 30. 1863. Reinlisted March 30, 1S64. Veteran. Captured at Petersburg. Va., June 22, 1864. Prisoner from June 22. 1S64 to .May 17, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, Co. K , Jan. i, 1865. Mustered out with that Co., June 30, 1865. 18631 INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA 1G9 CHAPTER XV
. History of the One hundred and sixth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, 2d brigade, 2d division, 2d corps, 1861-1865 . PORAL ElLERY J. ;86i. May 12, 1864. As Private,ted to Corporal, March 14, at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, C. H., Va., May 12, CoRPOiiAL Peter W. Scheik. Aug. 26. 1861. June 30. 1863. Reinlisted March 30, 1S64. Veteran. Captured at Petersburg. Va., June 22, 1864. Prisoner from June 22. 1S64 to .May 17, 1865. Promoted to Corporal, Co. K , Jan. i, 1865. Mustered out with that Co., June 30, 1865. 18631 INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA 1G9 CHAPTER XV INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA. GENERAL LEE had resolved to make another invasion of theNorth, this time on a scale that he believed would enablehim to dictate terms of peace for the South by the captureof some of the principal Northern cities. He reorganized his armyinto three Corps and placed them under the command of GeneralsLongstreet, Ewell and A. P. Hill, numbering nearly 100,000 menwith 15,000 cavalr} under Stuart. With this army, the largestand by far the best equipped the Confederacy ever placed in thefield, he started early in June up the Shenandoah Valley to Win-chester, and on the 24th and 25th of June crossed the Potomaconce more into Maryland, almost within sight of
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