. History of the One hundred and twenty-fifth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, 1862-1863 . > / Antietam to Chancellorsville By HON. J. D. HICKS, Company K., 125th Regiment, P. V. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS led them to volunteer as private, m the ^f; ;° f . ^^^ ^f this were many whose talents fitted them ^^^f ^^^/^^ ^y^^^^^^ none served his country more ^^^ °^f /^.^[\^?, he studied law,J. D. Hicks, of Altoona, Pa.; on his return to c vU h e ias admitted to the bar, -^^^-^^1^ Ilare: an doquent the legal profession, but ^1- ^ f ^/°^^ ^cong es ional district, inpublic speaker. His fellow ct
. History of the One hundred and twenty-fifth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, 1862-1863 . > / Antietam to Chancellorsville By HON. J. D. HICKS, Company K., 125th Regiment, P. V. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS led them to volunteer as private, m the ^f; ;° f . ^^^ ^f this were many whose talents fitted them ^^^f ^^^/^^ ^y^^^^^^ none served his country more ^^^ °^f /^.^[\^?, he studied law,J. D. Hicks, of Altoona, Pa.; on his return to c vU h e ias admitted to the bar, -^^^-^^1^ Ilare: an doquent the legal profession, but ^1- ^ f ^/°^^ ^cong es ional district, inpublic speaker. His fellow cttjze of jhat Cong Washington, D. C. recognition of his P^^-.^--; /^ fJ^^ th sessions of their Representative m the 53a, 54tn aiiu oo ^^^ ^^ ^ 101. -ANTIETAM TO CHANCELLORSVILLE ¥By HON. J. D. HICKS. CHAPTER I. Antietam Field—Burying the Dead—The Hospital at Sharpsburg^Camping at Harpers Ferry— Old John Brown —Camps on Marylandand Loudon Heights—Letters from Home—Resolutions of Respect forour Dead Comrades—Sickness and Death—Detached Duty-^Standing offthe Sutler—Crackers containing Live Meat—The fine camp in LoudonValley—Night Excursions—Hunting Guerrillas, etc. The Friday morning of the 19th of September, the second dayafter the Battle of Antietam, dawned with the sim in a cloud ofmist, and a heavy fog hung over the entire valley of the Potomacas far as the eye could reach. Every man in the Union armyexpected the battle of Wednesday to be renewed. We peeredthrough the gray fog in the direction where we knew the enemysline of battle had been, but failed to note any movement or see anymoving figures. No order being given for an advance, we soonlearned, ere the fog had lifted, that our enemy had abandonedth
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