. 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 . ikea city that is broken downand without walls ; thelast verse of Proverbs the 27th, movingat five oclock, the regi-ment halted at , some three milesbeyond Warrenton, inthe direction of Fay-etteville. An unseasona-ble inactivity this vicinity the camps-retained an unusual sum-mer
. 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 . ikea city that is broken downand without walls ; thelast verse of Proverbs the 27th, movingat five oclock, the regi-ment halted at , some three milesbeyond Warrenton, inthe direction of Fay-etteville. An unseasona-ble inactivity this vicinity the camps-retained an unusual sum-mer ALFkKi, LAYMAN. The Campaign which culminated in the battle of Gettysburg and which terminatedin march and pursuit at Warrenton or in its vicinity,virtually began on the 5th of June and concluded on the31st of July. In the official itinerary of the Army ofthe Potomac it is noted that, beside the great battle itself,,there were during the marches that preceded and followed it,,at separate points, between those dates, 107 different engage-ments, combats, actions and affairs at arms. Twice in everyfifteen hours of the summer daylight throughout that campaignshots by somebody, somewhere between the Rappahannockand the Susquehanna, were exchanged with deadly CHAPTER XI. AROUND VVARRENTON—BEVERLY FORD—EXECUTION OF FIVEDESERTERS. THE termination of the nearly sixty days of arduous dutyattending the Gettysburg campaign was followed by ashort season of liberty. There were several days of mirth-provoking hilarity. The best and brightest spirits drifted intothe volunteer army, and genial humor and sparkling wit werenever wanting. Though liberal potations stimulated the merry-making, good order prevailed and the liberty days closed inpeace and harmony in due and timely season. On the 31st of July Captain Sharwood was detailed as actingbrigade commissary. Orders were received to move on the fol-lowing day, but it passed uneventfully with the regiment stilloccupying the camp
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