. 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 . al report of the operations of his corps at ihat narrative it will be remembered was interrupted after thebrigade had been for a time engaged at the rifle-pits, whichunder the enemys fire it had faced the other way, and GeneralWarrens report is taken up after he has spoken of putting inthe whole of Bart
. 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 . al report of the operations of his corps at ihat narrative it will be remembered was interrupted after thebrigade had been for a time engaged at the rifle-pits, whichunder the enemys fire it had faced the other way, and GeneralWarrens report is taken up after he has spoken of putting inthe whole of Bartletts brigade to hold Ayress left. I sent then also at once for at least a brigade of GeneralWheatons division, intending to order the whole division upif affairs on the Vaughan Road would permit. Unfortunately,however, the enemy got up reinforcements faster than I could,and when a brigade of General Wheatons division was nearingthe scene of action, a charge was made by the enemy in force(according to the Petersburg Express consisting of three divi-sions), against which I had but six brigades opposed. Our line, despite all the exertions of the prominent officersand much good conduct among those in the ranks, gave wayand fell back rapidly, but with little loss after the movement. NATHANIEL BAYNE, Capt. Co. I. THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASrOff, LFNOX AND TILDSN f-^-NuATIONS ^ L — 557 — began. Portions of the line continued to fire as it retired, andGeneral Wheaton got his brigade in line and with it a portionof the others reformed, so that the enemy was checked beforeour old lines were reached by us. ... I must say, if our troops had all stood as firm at Dab-neys Mills as the best [the reader will bear in mind that Gen-eral Warren, in this same paper, had already noted the 3dBrigade, Bartletts, as the best and largest of Griffins division]of them did, that I had enough there to have held the enemytill any amount of reinforcements could have arrived. On thewhole it was not a b
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