. 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 . he 118th Pennsylvania, which alone of all his regiments wasactually engaged. The disaster which befell it, in this its firstbattle, has not, heretofore, been fully or fairly related. It is thepurpose of this chapter to faithfully unfold The day was bright and clear. The sun shone with mellow * General Sykes
. 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 . he 118th Pennsylvania, which alone of all his regiments wasactually engaged. The disaster which befell it, in this its firstbattle, has not, heretofore, been fully or fairly related. It is thepurpose of this chapter to faithfully unfold The day was bright and clear. The sun shone with mellow * General Sykess official report of the action. f Major-General Fitz-John Porter, in his report of the fight at Shepherdstown,says: Under cover of our guns the whole command recrossed with little injury,except the \\%th Pennsylvania Volunteers, a small portion of which became con-fused early in the action. Their arms (spurious Enfield rifles) were so defectivethat little injury could be inflicted by them upon the enemy. Many of this regi-ment, new in service, volunteered the prevrous evening, and formed part of theattacking party who gallantly crossed the river to secure the enemys have earned a good name, which their losses have not diminished.^—[Theitalics are the authors.]. JOHN J. THOMAS, 2d Lieut. Co. B. New York, February i, 1889. Dear Sir: renjoyed the pleasure a few days since, through the kindness of Gen. Cham-berlain and Gen. Locke, of reading the history of the 118th Pa. Vol., in the pro-duction of which you had so effective a hand. This is one of the regiments in which I always felt a deep interest from thetime it first joined the 5th Corps. I tried my best to have it supplied withgood arms before it left Washington. The arms were reported almost worth-less and Gen. Halleck assured me that they should be replaced before though informed of the dangfcr of sending a regiment with such defectivearms to a battle fiddliest they should meet with the disaster
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