. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument; . o the Rappahannock River. Under cover ofthe smoke this was not difficult, as General Jacksons corps were demor-alized by the fire from Hookers forty guns. Upon reaching the river,Sergeant Kane and I reported to Dr. Sims at Third Corps Hospital. I,not being wounded, was next day given a pass back to my regiment. Inattempting to reach it, I got lost, and while between the Union and Con-federate lines I found myself a targ
. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument; . o the Rappahannock River. Under cover ofthe smoke this was not difficult, as General Jacksons corps were demor-alized by the fire from Hookers forty guns. Upon reaching the river,Sergeant Kane and I reported to Dr. Sims at Third Corps Hospital. I,not being wounded, was next day given a pass back to my regiment. Inattempting to reach it, I got lost, and while between the Union and Con-federate lines I found myself a target for a sharpshooter. Realizing thedirection from which the shots were coming, I ran the other way (1 wasalways good on a run), and I .soon reached the breastworks of the 124thPennsylvania. They hauled me over. After recovering from my ex-perience in the run—that run to the river and my run from the shots of thesharpshooter—I found my legiment, and at the age ol seventy-twn stilllive to tell the story, but I am very sure that T could not now run as I runon that day in the run that run to the river. ^--*-i^ To Mr. Robert M. Green. Philadelphia. Sf? ^1 1007 HllO 75 J.
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