. 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 . assachusetts was the skirmish detail for the entire division,with Colonel Tilton in command. This regiment of Sweitzersbrigade will be remembered as the one which has been fre-quently referred to. It had formerly belonged to Barnessbrigade, and was at that time in almost daily contact with the118th. With seven h
. 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 . assachusetts was the skirmish detail for the entire division,with Colonel Tilton in command. This regiment of Sweitzersbrigade will be remembered as the one which has been fre-quently referred to. It had formerly belonged to Barnessbrigade, and was at that time in almost daily contact with the118th. With seven hours of hard skirmish fighting it accom-plished a work that brought it much commendation, and gaverise to the expression that Griffins division if not hinderedwould make its way into Richmond alone. The enemy weredriven some three miles, and at dark the line halted with itsleft somewhere in the vicinity of Bethesda Church, and threwup entrenchments. During the afternoon developments fromthat direction showed the enemy throwing himself across War-rens left. A brigade from Crawfords division sent to check hisadvance was repulsed. A battery, posted where a cross roadfrom Bethesda Church enters the Shady Grove Church Road,effectively checked the advance of Rodess division of Earlys. CHARLES GRIFFIN, Major-General of Volunteers U. S. Army, April 2, 1865, to Jan. 15, 1866. Died Sept. 15, 1867. From a photograph by Brady,taken in 1666. THi I^£^^ ^^^^PUBLIC ^cro«,LfSCXAND -ONL tild?:n^-^n^^^i^^^ — 451 — corps, until Crawfords other brigades and Cutlers divisioncame up, when Rodes in turn was forced to retire. The enemys attack was resolute and they suffered se-verely. By ten oclock they had retired from the field, mov-ing back on the pike, abandoning some of their dead andwounded. The movements of the day had extended the 5th Corps linesfarther to the left. Burnside, with sharp skirmishing, hadcrossed the Tolopotomy and was now on the right of Warren,connecting him with
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