. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument; . he deadly fire of the enemy. They held their ground andvaliantly repulsed the fierce onslaughts. During the whole day,from daybreak until dark, they w^ere never, except temporarily,driven back of the line that they had assumed at daylight, althoughthey had driven the Rebels back for quite a distance. Quite early in the fight our noble Commander, General Mans-field, was killed, while riding his horse in front of his troo
. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument; . he deadly fire of the enemy. They held their ground andvaliantly repulsed the fierce onslaughts. During the whole day,from daybreak until dark, they w^ere never, except temporarily,driven back of the line that they had assumed at daylight, althoughthey had driven the Rebels back for quite a distance. Quite early in the fight our noble Commander, General Mans-field, was killed, while riding his horse in front of his Colonel. Joseph W. Hawley. was grievously wounded earlyin the conflict and was carried from the field. Brigadier-GeneralCrawford, who succeeded General Mansfield, was also woundedand compelled to leave the field. The battle raged until darknesscompelled a cessation. This, in brief, was the experience of the Chaplain within sixdays after he had left his quiet and peaceful home and family,in \\est Chester, to perform his duties amid shot and shell andbloody carnage during that fearful day. when one of the greatestand most decisive battles of the war was fought. 149. /fllMA/^ IMOJ}^ Glenside, Pa., November 2(\, 1906. Mr. Robert JNI. Green. My Dear Comrade: In compliance with your request for informationpertaining to the 124th Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteers, I take pleasurein sending herewith extracts from my daily records of events as theytranspired during the entire nine months service of the regiment. As youare aware, I was sergeant of Company G. I enclose, with my diaryextracts, my recollections as to how that company was recruited. Youare at liberty to use the enclosed records or any portion of them that inyour judgment will be appreciated by the survivors or their descendants. I remain. Yours fraternally, Henry J. Stager. 150 RECRUITING OF COMPANY G, OF THE ONE HUNDREDAND TWENTY-FOURTH. FR(JM MEMORANDA OF HENRY J. STAGER. In the summer of 1862, while tlie Army of th
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