. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . ANTHONY SCHAFFER, Co. H. Died of Wounds Received at Cold Harbor. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 75 General William Henry Harrison, of Indian War fame, and ofGeneral W. H. Harrison, of the Civil War, both presidents ofthe United States, once held ownership. At the Landing wasan immense fleet of transports. One night the Rebs placed abattery on the opposite heights and shelled the fleet and camps,but they were soon driven off by the gunboats. While here,the Army of t
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . ANTHONY SCHAFFER, Co. H. Died of Wounds Received at Cold Harbor. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 75 General William Henry Harrison, of Indian War fame, and ofGeneral W. H. Harrison, of the Civil War, both presidents ofthe United States, once held ownership. At the Landing wasan immense fleet of transports. One night the Rebs placed abattery on the opposite heights and shelled the fleet and camps,but they were soon driven off by the gunboats. While here,the Army of the Potomac was reviewed by President doubt all will recall the first and only time, as an organiza-tion, that we saw Old Abe, with his high hat and long legs. ^^^m ■S^?. riding for all he wasworth along the line, withGeneral McClellan andstaff escorting him. Weall had great respect forthe Grand Old Man,and our caps went up inthe air as he swept byamid a whirlwind ofcheers. The Army of thePotomac, being orderedto the support of Pope,operating on the Hne ofthe Rappahannock, mostof the troops were sent down the James on transports, whileCouchs Division was marched overland to Yorktown. Thefirst day upon reaching Charles City Cross Roads, we formedline of battle to check the enemy ; the next day was a longmarch across the Chickahominy, passing through the oldcolonial town of Williamsburg, company front, with one drumfor music. Here we camped on the old battlefield, reachingYorktown the next day, where the regiment was employed in 76 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT turning the breastworks that had been built by the Army ofthe Potomac when it sieged that place. This old colonial settlement we found very much dilapi-dated. It was here that Cornwallis su
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