. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . About 2 oclock the brigade was ordered to rejoin thecorps. While subject to my order, it behaved with admirablecoolness, and manifested to an eminent degree the possessionof the greatest attributes of the soldier, both during the briefperiod (as per orders) thev were actively engaged and while under heavy fire, as theyawaited the moment theymight be called upon. Their casualties num-bered in the aggregate forty-five— eleven enlisted menbeing killed. Their brave and e
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . About 2 oclock the brigade was ordered to rejoin thecorps. While subject to my order, it behaved with admirablecoolness, and manifested to an eminent degree the possessionof the greatest attributes of the soldier, both during the briefperiod (as per orders) thev were actively engaged and while under heavy fire, as theyawaited the moment theymight be called upon. Their casualties num-bered in the aggregate forty-five— eleven enlisted menbeing killed. Their brave and efficientcommander, Brigadier GeneralAlexander Shaler is entitled tothe warmest eulogies for hisreadiness to participate in anymeasure to provide for theemergencies besetting us. When it was discoveredthat Lee had retreated, theSixth Corps, on the morning ofthe 5th, moved out the road tothe right of Little Round Top. When about five miles fromGettysburg, the Corps struck Lees rear guard, on the Cham-bersburg Pike, skirmishing with him to Fairfield. During thenight the regiment was on picket, capturing eighty-five prison-. WILLIAM GRAHAM, Co. G. Died of wounds received at Cold Harbor June, 1864. PENNSYL\ANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 103
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