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. History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers Corn exchange regiment, from their first engagement at Antietam to Appomattox. To which is added a record of its organization and a complete roster. Fully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations, with addenda . — 209 — Neither General Griffin nor Colonel Prevost ever made anofficial report of the operations of the regiment or are no official utterances in the records of the part takenin the engagement by the regiment, or the observations whichcame within its scope, except in General Meades report of thec
. History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers Corn exchange regiment, from their first engagement at Antietam to Appomattox. To which is added a record of its organization and a complete roster. Fully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations, with addenda . — 209 — Neither General Griffin nor Colonel Prevost ever made anofficial report of the operations of the regiment or are no official utterances in the records of the part takenin the engagement by the regiment, or the observations whichcame within its scope, except in General Meades report of thecorps, and General Barness of the brigade and General Sykessof his division. Official reports necessarily avoid adverse com-ment or criticism, and they are all silent on the subject of theneglect to improve the opportunity offered for the occupationof the important ridge on the 30th, or its subsequent unfor-tunate abandonment, after it had been carried by Sykess hardfighting on the ist. Most of the contributions to war literaturefrom both sides are, however, confirmatory of the impressionsabroad in the army at the moment, and unhesitatingly pro-nounce the act a lamentable blunder. Another futile effort had staggered a disappointed country^and Chancellorsville was numbered wi
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