. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . t ofDecember ist the whole army fell back, our regiment passingthrough Chancellorsville, the Gold Mines, and crossing at Ger-mania Ford, finally reaching its old camp ; loss, i killed and 7wounded. On December 6th Colonel Ely resigned on account ofwounds and sickness, and was succeeded as Colonel by Lieu-tenant-Colonel John F. William J. Wallace waspromoted to Lieutenant-Coloneland Captain Henry Reese toMajor. The friends of the Twenty-third in Philadelph
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . t ofDecember ist the whole army fell back, our regiment passingthrough Chancellorsville, the Gold Mines, and crossing at Ger-mania Ford, finally reaching its old camp ; loss, i killed and 7wounded. On December 6th Colonel Ely resigned on account ofwounds and sickness, and was succeeded as Colonel by Lieu-tenant-Colonel John F. William J. Wallace waspromoted to Lieutenant-Coloneland Captain Henry Reese toMajor. The friends of the Twenty-third in Philadelphia gave aball at Sansom Street Hall forthe benefit of the the proceeds was pur-chased six hundred pairs ofwoolen gloves, and a new standof colors containing a list of thebattles in which the regimentparticipated inscribed thereon,all being received by the regi-ment while in the field. A shorttime previously the ladies of Bucks County, friends of Col-onel Ely, sent the enlisted men ear comforters, so that the boyswere fairly protected, through the kindess of friends, from thechilly blasts of the severe JAMES TATE,Drummer. Co. E. 110 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT
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