. 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 . uickened step, was mar-vellous. It continued through the remainder of the journeyand brought the command to their destination a better, brighterset of men. ■ / There happened in the late afternoon a chance to indulge in4 sort of movable feast, that, as has been suggested, wasopportune only when a productive coun
. 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 . uickened step, was mar-vellous. It continued through the remainder of the journeyand brought the command to their destination a better, brighterset of men. ■ / There happened in the late afternoon a chance to indulge in4 sort of movable feast, that, as has been suggested, wasopportune only when a productive country was the source of3 — 34 — supply. As it was a Sabbath days journey that had just been-accomphshed, it was aptly fitted to such an opportunity. Ourmen were young as soldiers, but already fair foragers. After the bivouac was made the still-lingering daylight keptanimate objects moving about the wooded hillside beyond thecamp, well in view. Their location for the night definitelyfixed, a number of the men, prompted by a desire for investi-gation, or with a view to better their diet, had, with rifle inhand, strolled about in the near vicinity. Some hogs hadbroken their cover and were straggling through the woods,seeking a sustenance which their owners, to encourage domes-. tic habits as well as realize on them when fairly fattened, wouldhave gladly furnished. It required but a slight effort of theimagination, even in this thickly-peopled, well-tilled country, totreat such strolling beasts as wild. Fresh pork was a succulentmorsel when contrasted with the daily issues of its salted rang out sharply on the evening air, and two well-rounded porkers fell victims to unerring aim. Pork boiled, friedand toasted * ruled the roost, and many of the I i8th, that wayinclined, gorged themselves to restfulness with fresh pig beforethe evening shadows faded into the depths of night. The march of the 15th began so late as eight oclock. Afew miles out the column passed throug
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