. History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 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 . LIEUTENANT HENRY T. PECK. CHAPTER XV. CAMP BARNES—THE WINTER AT BEVERLY ULPEPPER,Fair-fax, Farquier, andStafford had be-come old abidingplaces. The belt ofcountry betweenthe Potomac andRapidan was a fa-miliar region. Theessential elementof intention alone was wanting to assure to the soldier of thePotomac army all the
. History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 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 . LIEUTENANT HENRY T. PECK. CHAPTER XV. CAMP BARNES—THE WINTER AT BEVERLY ULPEPPER,Fair-fax, Farquier, andStafford had be-come old abidingplaces. The belt ofcountry betweenthe Potomac andRapidan was a fa-miliar region. Theessential elementof intention alone was wanting to assure to the soldier of thePotomac army all the rights of a Virginian citizenship. The third of the four winters of the war had opened auspi-ciously. The advantages of the situation selected for the per-manent encampment had been tested through all the seasons,and if the privilege of choosing their own abode had beenawarded the regiment, they would have looked no farther insearch of a better place. The upper side of the Rappahan-nock, in the vicinity of Beverly Ford, was convenient and ac-cessible to the depots of issue and supply, in easy reach of alldesirable neighbors, just far enough from the front to be beyondthe annoyances of disturbing reconnoissances, and not so far tothe rear as to be within the scope of the ubiquitous raider. Thesoldiers were anxious to unload on their susceptib
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