. 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 . l conditions. One little incident pertaining to the cabin after it was finished. Of course, while this experiment was being made, we were the observed of allobservers and got no little assistance in the way of advice, with, some little laborthrown in, while the edifice was being constructed. The day after it was
. 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 . l conditions. One little incident pertaining to the cabin after it was finished. Of course, while this experiment was being made, we were the observed of allobservers and got no little assistance in the way of advice, with, some little laborthrown in, while the edifice was being constructed. The day after it was finished the elements gave us an opportunity to test itswater-proof character, for it rained profusely all day ; and, much to our delight, nowater entered through that little thatched cottage; but if we were afforded satis-faction in this respect we were not to enjoy peace unalloyed, for if one be-drenchedunfortunate came to our door upon that day, at least a thousand came—they camealone, in pairs, in messes—I was going to say in squadrons; peering in, theywould ask the same question and get the same answer: Does she leak ? No!These words thereafter became a sort of supplement to the crumbs which fell fromthe rebel table and often turned melancholy to merriment. — 66i --. WM. H. HENNINGS PRISON EXPERIENCE. Philadelphia, September 3, Mr. J. L. Smith : Dear Comrade: In compliance with your request, to give you my experienceof prison life—what I saw and heard, I discover that, in thinking back over alapse of twenty-two years, my memory does not serve me as well as I would likeit to do. I fail to recall the names of some of my comrades, names of places andsome incidents I can recollect in part only, so that I am unable to write my ex-perience in as complete a form as I would like to do. However, I will do thebest I can, hoping you will find something in my experience that will serve youin compiling the History of the ii8th Regiment. After our capture on the afterno
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