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 . ts, etc., in readi-ness for marching, whereupon some of Daviss men fired upon them, killing and 486 six, eight or even ten men under it of the 1st Michigan, 20thMaine, 18th and 22d Massachusetts engaged in some game ofchance. While this understanding was pending, Sergeant Daniel , of H, occupied one of the picket rifle pits.
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 . ts, etc., in readi-ness for marching, whereupon some of Daviss men fired upon them, killing and 486 six, eight or even ten men under it of the 1st Michigan, 20thMaine, 18th and 22d Massachusetts engaged in some game ofchance. While this understanding was pending, Sergeant Daniel , of H, occupied one of the picket rifle pits. The menoccupying the pit on the right kindled a fire to cook coffee. Thefire caught the dry grass, and, as it was spreading rapidly in hisdirection, Cobb rose to extinguish it, and while stamping it out a single, well-directed shot fromthe enemy shatteredone of the bones ofhis right wound subse-quently required anoperation, removingthe entire bone fromthe elbow to thewrist. The man whofired the shot did soof his own motionand was severelycensured for his con-duct. The next daya man was seen pa-rading the earth-works with a log ofwood across his shoulders. As identifying him as the delin-quent and indicative of the condemnation of his actions, his. SERGEANT DANIEL B. COBB. wounding some. This provoked a return fire upon Daviss front. At that timeLumpkin was walking upon the top of the breastwork, and, being cautioned bysome of his friends against thus exposing himself, after the firing was provoked, re-plied with an oath that the d —d Yankee bullet that was to hit him had not beenmoulded yet. The words had scarcely left his lips when a bullet crashed throughhis hip, and he fell heavily into the works. That night his leg was amputated atthe hip-joint, and next day he had joined the countless throng gone before. Yours respectfully, D. Lam;, Adjutant-General. - 4§7 - companions loudly extended an invitation to shoot him. Noone seemed disposed to accept it. Vengeance
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