. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . ssedthe Potomac from Williamsport, and when Johnson retreatedas we advanced upon Harpers Ferry, we went down as far asFalling Waters, on the Virginia side. I was there met by anorder to send to Washington all my regular troops. Theywere all under my command. * * * General Pattersonwas compelled, or rather induced, to give me the order to fallback. General Patterson, in his narrative of the campaign in theValley of the Shenandoah, page 36, says of his part of thecampa
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . ssedthe Potomac from Williamsport, and when Johnson retreatedas we advanced upon Harpers Ferry, we went down as far asFalling Waters, on the Virginia side. I was there met by anorder to send to Washington all my regular troops. Theywere all under my command. * * * General Pattersonwas compelled, or rather induced, to give me the order to fallback. General Patterson, in his narrative of the campaign in theValley of the Shenandoah, page 36, says of his part of thecampaign : I was mortified and humiliated at having to recross theriver without striking a blow. I knew that my reputationwould be grievously damaged by it ; the country could not 12 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT understand the meaning of this crossing and recrossing, thismarching and countermarching in the face of the foe, and thatI would be censured without stint for such apparent vacilla-tion and want of purpose. Two days afterwards the cavalry and artillery werereturned and Colonel Thomas again assumed command of the. DELIVERING PAPERS. brigade. The Twenty-third remained at Williamsport untilordered to Downsville, but, the river being too high, itreturned to Williamsport July 2d, when it again crossed thePotomac with the entire command of General to Falling Waters, fire was opened upon the headof the column by a body of rebels concealed in a wheat fieldand woods. During the skirmish the regiment supportedPerkins Battery. The enemy were driven oH. Advancingthe next day to Martinsburg, four companies were detailedunder Major Spear for provost duty. On the Fourth of Julythe brigade was drawn up on dress parade, Perkins Batteryfiring a salute, and regimental bands playing national airs inhonor of the Nations birthdav. PENNSYLVANIA \OLUNTEER INFANTRY. 13 The column again advanced to Bunker Hill, the Twenty-third being sent on three different occasions with
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