. 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 . ter loss with half the numberengaged. In the American civil war the Union armies lost 110,070killed and 275,175wounded; total, 385,-245, exclusive of themissing in action, whowere not accounted for. Except that a battleof great magnitude hadbeen fought in whichboth armies had suf-fered severely, Gettys-burg, vie
. 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 . ter loss with half the numberengaged. In the American civil war the Union armies lost 110,070killed and 275,175wounded; total, 385,-245, exclusive of themissing in action, whowere not accounted for. Except that a battleof great magnitude hadbeen fought in whichboth armies had suf-fered severely, Gettys-burg, viewed from anarmy observation atthe time, was not differ-ent from the many seri-ous encounters whichpreceded and followedit, save the very unu-sual and satisfactoryopportunity the soldiers had of observing the enemys witn-drawal, instead of participating in one themselves. Greatbattles are rated as decisive as their ultimate results maybear on the general issue of great wars. Armies treatthose battles as decisive that so cripple, disrupt or anni-hilate their foes as to destroy their future usefulness forthe purposes of war. In no such sense was Gettysburg a deci-sive battle. Badly depleted in numbers, materially weakenedin elan^ the enemy had withdrawn in excellent order, and was. — 269 — apparently still ready to show a formidable resistance againstany demonstration of determined assault. The indicationsclearly pointed to another advance into Virginia, and nothingwas so calculated to soften enthusiasm over successes north ofthe Potomac as the prospect of a speedy change from thethrifty, prosperous surroundings of Maryland and Pennsylvaniato the inhospitable, exhausted, sterile regions of Virginia. TheArmy of the Potomac, taught in its early career to be dem-onstrative and enthusiastic, had many times been sadly dis-appointed. As its campaigns increased its experience, it be-came more cautious with its cheers, more chary with its preferred to await real results and
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