. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . ly abandoned, the evening before, while Geary had gone over toRound Top. The brigade marched out the Taneytown Road andcrossed the field coming into posi-tion in a rocky ravine. The brig-ade massed behind a clump ofwoods. It was while here, that astaff ofiiicer of Gearys Division,took a detail of five companiesunder Lt. -Col. Glenn and placedthem in the breastworks, the menbeing deployed and advanced intothem under severe fire, it beingthe intention to cross the
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . ly abandoned, the evening before, while Geary had gone over toRound Top. The brigade marched out the Taneytown Road andcrossed the field coming into posi-tion in a rocky ravine. The brig-ade massed behind a clump ofwoods. It was while here, that astaff ofiiicer of Gearys Division,took a detail of five companiesunder Lt. -Col. Glenn and placedthem in the breastworks, the menbeing deployed and advanced intothem under severe fire, it beingthe intention to cross the worksat the call of the bugle, to feelthe enemy, there having been alull in the firing, but as theenemys position having been un-covered, these companies becameengaged. This was during theheavy shelling, prior to Pickettscharge. During the charge, theregiment, with the brigade, moved off to support the Second Corps atthe left centre, passing through a most terrible storm of shot and shell,equivalent to charging a battery. This being the position that the regi-ment was engaged while occupying the breastworks, they have selected. JOHNSON,Corporal Co. F. 290 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT this site where the tablet is now placed, to mark their position, showingit to have been one of the relieving regiments, and in doing so we claimno honors that belong to the gallant Second Division of the TwelfthCorps, who so bravely and gallantly held the works they had built. During some of the most desperate charges of the action, one ofthe incidents that occurred, was that when the regiment moved offto the support of the Second Corps during the heavy shelling, that HCompany was left behind and it was not discovered until the regimentstacked arms that night. Captain Craig, one of the bravest and bestline officers in the regiment, who commanded the company, did notreceive the order to retire, and remained until he did. As we read the names of our Corps, Division, Brigade and
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