. 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 . ania, 118thPennsylvania, 1st Michigan and16th Michigan were organized asthe 3d Brigade of the ist Division,5th Corps. The 3d Brigade re-tained its well-known bugle Dan Butterfield, itsearliest commander, shaped itsnotes to lingeringly pronounce hisname, and * Dan ! Dan ! Butter-field ! Butterfield !
. 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 . ania, 118thPennsylvania, 1st Michigan and16th Michigan were organized asthe 3d Brigade of the ist Division,5th Corps. The 3d Brigade re-tained its well-known bugle Dan Butterfield, itsearliest commander, shaped itsnotes to lingeringly pronounce hisname, and * Dan ! Dan ! Butter-field ! Butterfield ! at times rang out in chorus when the menwere in the humor down to the very end. The brigade was formed specially to secure in numbers andefficiency an organization suited to the high military attain-ments so prominently developed in all the many battles ofGeneral Joseph J. Bartlett. It was his right in the reorganiza-tion to be assigned to a division. Not strictly speaking hisright, for of right that command belonged only to a major-general. But some of the major-generals about that time, forsufficiently cogent reasons, had been relegated to duties as nearakin to quiet, peaceful pursuits as could be suggested, whengrim-visaged war needed the services of all the valiant sons of. — 392 — Mars. They had been tried but were not to be trusted. PoHti-cal considerations forbade their actual retirement, and so thecommand of divisions fell to brigadiers whose work had provedthem worthy of their trust. Of these it was conceded Bartlettwas one. He had indeed had a division, but there were notenoug-h for all, and he was forced to bide his time for a betteropportunity. General Griffin was continued as the divisioncommander. This reference to these retired general officers recalls an in-cident of some historic moment which may not inappropriatelybe mentioned here. While the army lay around Petersburg an eminent corpscommander visited the President to urge upon him the justiceof promotin
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