. 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 . — 541 — geant, was riding with the trains. Two ladies with mournfulcountenance stood in the doorway of a house by the road-side. Ashbrook rode towards them to inquire the cause andto proffer his services if it were within his power to reheve theirmanifest distress. They pointed to the neighborhood of the barn,wh
. 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 . — 541 — geant, was riding with the trains. Two ladies with mournfulcountenance stood in the doorway of a house by the road-side. Ashbrook rode towards them to inquire the cause andto proffer his services if it were within his power to reheve theirmanifest distress. They pointed to the neighborhood of the barn,where a dozen or more soldiers pursued with felonious purpose agoodly flock of turkeys, all that was left of animal food of the. OFTEN THE CASE. much-depleted household supplies. No suggestion was captains gallantry was aroused and he spurred for thepilfering crowd. His eye fell firsL upon his own cook, just seiz-ing the finest of the birds. Returning to the ladies he apolo-gized for his failure and regretted his inability to cope singlywith so great a force. Shortly afterwards a fine roast turkeygraced the captains mess. The division moved at / A. :>i. and, having marched a dis- — 542 — tance of thirteen miles, at 3 p. m. arrived at its destination nearthe Jerusalem Plank Road, where, under orders for a lengthystop, winter quarters were again constructed. No infantry force was seen during the expedition exceptthat entrenched on the other side of the Meherrin. The citi-zens, however, reported General A. P. Hills corps as detachedfrom the main army and likely to attack, but he did not appear. The design of the expedition was successfully railroad, so destroyed as to be unavaila
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