. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, Second regiment, Bucktail brigade [electronic resource] . t, as they came up, rent the air withhurrahs in acknowledgment of this friendly Middletown after an easy march of seven miles, the•corps rested in the fields for the remainder of the day, andmany a poor farmer in the neighborhood witnessed with dis-may the rapid disappearance of his fences. At this period the regiment was very short of Fay, Reisinger, Bell and Pine, and Lieutenants Fisherand Beckwith were sick, and ei
. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, Second regiment, Bucktail brigade [electronic resource] . t, as they came up, rent the air withhurrahs in acknowledgment of this friendly Middletown after an easy march of seven miles, the•corps rested in the fields for the remainder of the day, andmany a poor farmer in the neighborhood witnessed with dis-may the rapid disappearance of his fences. At this period the regiment was very short of Fay, Reisinger, Bell and Pine, and Lieutenants Fisherand Beckwith were sick, and either absent or unfit for duty,while Captain Widdis and Lieutenant Keyser were seriouslyindisposed, leaving but twelve present in the line. LieutenantKeyes resigned on the 17th of June. On Sunday June 28, the column moved at four in themorning, and, crossing the Catoctin Range, reached Frederickat eight p m. Here the news was spread that General Hookerhad retired from the command of the army, and that GeneralMeade had succeeded him in the position. The change createdno especial enthusiasm in the 150th, which retained its confi-. neral <.. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 115 dence in its old commander, and was averse to swappinghorses in the middle of a stream Beyond the reasonablepride which every Pennsylvanian felt in having a Pennsyl-vanian at the head of the Army of the Potomac, it is doubtfulwhether the announcement afforded any satisfaction to theBucktail Brigade, which, in its unchanging devotion, was readyto do its best under any commander. At five oclock on the following morning the First Corpsleft Frederick, and marching through Lewistown, Mechanics-town, Franklinville and Emmittsburg, encamped on highground beyond the last-named place about seven oclock inthe evening. Twenty-six miles were accomplished that day,and although the road was heavy in places, on account of thealmost continuous rains of a week, such was the buoyant feel-ing in the ranks
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