. 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 . down and up the line. Colonel Gwyn,with his fine soldierly presence, his arms folded, his bodystraight, head erect, and right foot thrown to the rear, stoodsteadily opposite the front and centre asthe troop beat off, assuming this po-sition as the adjutant commanded, guides, post! That portion of theceremony con
. 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 . down and up the line. Colonel Gwyn,with his fine soldierly presence, his arms folded, his bodystraight, head erect, and right foot thrown to the rear, stoodsteadily opposite the front and centre asthe troop beat off, assuming this po-sition as the adjutant commanded, guides, post! That portion of theceremony concluded, he deliberatelyunfolded his arms at the command attention ! and resumed the positionof a soldier. The sublime colonel facedthe .regiment. A long step in his rear,stood the ridiculous Scipio movement of the colonel wasimitated and caricatured by the mimick-ing Scipio. He also puffed out his chest,folded his arms with an exaggeration ofcalm deliberation, and stood immovableas the troop beat down and up theline. Then, assuming the attention, scip. he moved his body and arms, and drew an imaginary sabre, in time and unison with the the solonel received the parade and the adjutant tookhis post, so did Scipio receive his invisible parade. At the. ^ 151 — command shoulder, arms ! he opened his extensive mouth,showing his large, white teeth, and moving his lips, appar-ently repeated this and all the following commands, contin-uing until the dress-parade was concluded. Of course thecolonel remained ignorant of the fact that he had a darkeydouble a few feet in his rear. At first the discipline of the men overcame their eventually fun proved more powerful than discipline, and,as one movement followed another, the contrast between thetowering colonel in full uniform, with his soldierly carriage, andScipios dwarfed stature, with his extravagant imitations, drewfrom the men half-suppressed smiles and chuckles; then broadgrins and outbur
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