History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, from their first engagement at Antietam to AppomattoxTo which is added a record of its organization and a complete rosterFully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations . irectionswere altogether of his own manufacture. He disdained to becramped by adherence to the tactics. Familiarity with hismethods, and general knowledge of what he proposed to accom-plish, extricated the battalion from staggering difficulties. Onthis occasion he had announced the review, but continued him-self in command. From t
History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, from their first engagement at Antietam to AppomattoxTo which is added a record of its organization and a complete rosterFully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations . irectionswere altogether of his own manufacture. He disdained to becramped by adherence to the tactics. Familiarity with hismethods, and general knowledge of what he proposed to accom-plish, extricated the battalion from staggering difficulties. Onthis occasion he had announced the review, but continued him-self in command. From the right he began the ceremony with: Break into open column of companies right in front the kiver-ing sergeants will be responsible for the distance— march, and then seeing fhe column properly in motion, hurried off totake his place as the reviewing officer. Having passed in — 352 — creditable shape, the leading captain was conducting the col-umn to its place preparatory to the formation of line for theconcluding present, when, tired of the operation, or believingthat it had really ended, ONeill suddenly broke up the affairwith the startling and unheard-of command in stentorian tones: Halt! disperse, and be d d to you! Every man to his quarters at CAPTAIN JOHN R. WHITE. CHAPTER XIV. MINE RUN.
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