. Life and achievements of James Addams Beaver. Early life, military services and public career. and the most exposedposition, for his great gallantry and the masterly manner inwhich he extricated his regiment from the burning woods(which were set on fire by some means during the action).During the latter part of the action this regiment had to con-tend with the enemy in front, and the burning timber in therear, and at its close were compelled to retire through the fireto the opposite or left bank of the Po, there being no otherpath left open. Cool and conspicuous as was Colonel Beavers braver
. Life and achievements of James Addams Beaver. Early life, military services and public career. and the most exposedposition, for his great gallantry and the masterly manner inwhich he extricated his regiment from the burning woods(which were set on fire by some means during the action).During the latter part of the action this regiment had to con-tend with the enemy in front, and the burning timber in therear, and at its close were compelled to retire through the fireto the opposite or left bank of the Po, there being no otherpath left open. Cool and conspicuous as was Colonel Beavers bravery, hewas but one of a brigade, a division and a corps, always equalto great emergencies and noted for high daring. If his regi-ment had not been worthy of its colonel, it would have matteredlittle that the Union position was commanded by a man equalto the need of the day, and the patient historian who shalldisentangle the operations of many other regiments in the Secondcorps may match the daring, the steadiness, and, alas, the lossesof the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pennsylvania on the XXI. BREAKING THE REBEL LINE AT SPOTTSYLVANIA. I know they will not come back! They will not comehack! exclaimed General Hancock, as he sat on his horse andwatched those grand soldiers he commanded witli so much spiritand efficiency upon so many battle-fields, as they slowly andsilently, in solid mass, marched toward the strong works of theenemy in the gray of the morning of the 12th of May, manner and his words betokened not only a confidence inthe valor of his men, but that love for the old Second corps thatis the index to its success, and his supreme support as a man anda commander. It was a critical moment in the history of thatcommand, and indeed of the whole army, for a movement ofmighty import began when Hancock watched his troops as theystarted for the Confederate lines that morning. No charge ofthe war had been planned with so much care. Troops hadnever been sent against
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