Geschichte des "Corn Exchange Regiment", 118. Freiwilliger aus Pennsylvania, von ihrer ersten Verlobung in Antietam bis zum AppomattoxTo, das eine Aufzeichnung seiner Organisation und ein komplettes "RosterFully" hinzugefügt wird, das mit Karten, Porträts illustriert ist, Und mehr als einhundert Abbildungen . E jegliches richtige Verständnis unter den unterstellten Befehlshabern hinsichtlich der Entstehung, denn obwohl wir wirklich in Echelon waren, wurde im Allgemeinen sup-posed, dass wir in mehreren Linien umherzogen. Spalte in Masse! Ich kann mich daran erinnern, unseren Oberst zu hören, der den Befehl gibt, Den Schuss Abgibt und hinzufügt: Ihr feuert auf eure eigenen Männer!! Wir soo

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History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, from their first engagement at Antietam to AppomattoxTo which is added a record of its organization and a complete rosterFully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations . e any proper understanding among the subordinate commanders as to themode of formation, for, though we were really in echelon, it was generally sup-posed that we were moving in several lines. Column in mass! I distinctlyremember hearing our colonel giving the order, Cease firing, and adding: You are firing on your own men.! We soon had a deadly enfilading fire uponus and were soon compelled to withdraw. Now, /did not withdraw, and for thefollowing reason : My good people at home resolved that a first-rate thing for meto have was a good pair of boots, and, up to the time of the beginning of thiscampaign, I thought it good judgment on their part; but when, after two daysmarch, I discovered one of my ankles rubbed to the bone, bare of flesh, I changedmy mind. As soon as the retreat began the rebels left their works on a run and firing nsthey ran. I was escorted to the rear in company of one of them who found meunable to keep up {hors du combat, as it were) and who asked for my sword with. 42 (657) — 65S — the muzzle of his rifle in close proximity to my breast. My response to his over-tures seemed satisfactory. But I remember that ere we reached their workswe were both in danger from Yankee bullets, which gave the lie to a great, gauntspecimen of fanaticism who was among the first to follow and who kept exclaim-ing : You cant fight, you cant fight; God Almighty wont let you ! The next morning, along with about 300 other prisoners, I was marched awayin charge of a cavalry guard, having first made a trade (with one of its men) ofmy boots for a good pair of English-made shoes. This put me in better marchingorder, but still, had it not been for the kindness of one of the guard in allowingme to ride upon hi

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