History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Corn Exchange Regiment) from their First Engagement at Antietam to Appomattox. Philadelphia: J. J. Smith, 1905. CHAPTER I. CAMP UNION. Resolutions of the Corn or Commercial Exchange— Organization of the Regiment — Interest taken in the Regiment by the Exchange — Letter from Governor Curtin, after Shepherdstown — Colonel Prevost — Camp Union— The First Guard — The Misfit — The Awkward Squad— Bacon, Hard Tack, and Salt Pork — The Battalion Drill — The Untrained Sentry — Absence without Leave — Roll Call — Rations — The Day's Work— Pranks— Divine Service—A Gift Dress Parade — Journey to Washington — The Soldier's Retreat — The Government Corral — Bivouac at Arlington Heights — Fort Albany— Enriched Water — The Meal Chest — Fort Corcoran 1 CHAPTER II ANTIETAM. The Regiment Brigaded— Colonel Barnes—" Comrades, Touch the Elbow " — The March from Fort Corcoran — Bivouac at Silver Springs — Diminution of Baggage—" Where is the I i8th ? "—Battle of " the Monocacy"— Sounds of Conflict — John Monteith— Charge upon the Hogs—" I Can't Eat a College "—Signs of War— Thirsty Soldiers— A Martial Display— Monument Hill— Moving Columns— The Army Loosened— The Battle — The Irish Brigade — Burnside's Charge— Horrors of War— An Uncomfortable Line — Sharp-Shooting — "Are There any Rebels About Here?" — Lee's Retreat —Carrying off the Wounded— Sharpsburg— Blackford's Ford . 25 CHAPTER III. SHEPHERDSTOWN. The Advance— Fording the Stream — Ascending the Bluff— Hanging Horses —Order to Retreat— Steady Behavior of the Men— Galling Fire— Defective Enfield Rifles— Private Joseph Meehan's Description of the Guns ; Colonel Prevost's Description — Number of Confederates Engaged— Close Fighting— Colonel Prevost Advances with the Colors— Colonel Prevost Wounded — An Awful Scene — Death of Captain" Ricketts — The Retreat — The Old Mill — Saving the Colors — Killed by Our Own Men — Incidents of the Retreat — Lieutenant White Killed — West's Close Call — Incidents of the Fight — " Oh ! Captain Ricketts ! "— Doubt About a Quinine Pill — " Give it to them, Boys ! " — Lieutenant Crocker's Flag of Truce — " Shell and be d — d ! " — Crocker and the Confederate General — Major Herring and the Regulars — Joseph Meehan's Story — Dr. Joseph Thomas's Narrative — Sergeant Peck's Experience as a Prisoner — The 118th Regiment — One of Stonewall Jackson's Staff Visits his Folks 54 CHAPTER IV. FROM SHEPHERDSTOWN TO FREDERICKSBURG. Houseless and Homeless — Examining the Doctor — On the March Again — Bivouac at Bryant's Farm — Maryland Heights — Crossing the Potomac — In the Shenandoah Valley — A Rich Country — " Goose Creek " —Supplies Needed — Snicker's Gap — Court-Martial on a Pig — Yankee Trading — Empty Pockets — George Slow, and his Visit Home — The Famine at Snicker's Gap — A Life of Emergencies — Ostracism by the Southerners — On the March in a Snowstorm — White Plains — At Warrenton — A Chaplain's Call — McClellan Relieved of Command — Removal of Fitz-John Porter — " Red Warrior " — A Muddy Waste — Belle Plain 95 1 CHAPTER V. FREDERICKSBURG. Promotion to the Ranks — " Unloading Boards" — Signs of Battle — " Stafford Heights" — Marye's Heights — Attempts to Lay the Pontoons — Crossing the River in Boats — The Pontoons Laid — Crossing — A Thrilling Scene — A Game of Euchre — The Regiment Crosses the River — View of the Confederate Position — Slaughter — Diving for Tobacco — Sack of the City — Charge over the Plain — Scipio Africanus Rises — Moving to the Front — The Brickyard — Major Herring Wounded — "This is What we Came Here for" — Coolness of Colonel Barnes — The Corner Store and Something in it — Sunday Morning — Sergeant Stotzenberg — A Prohibition Bullet — Losses in the Battle — The Regiment Relieved from the Front — Retreat of the Army — Was it a Blunder? 112 CHAPTER VI. WINTER-QUARTERS — RICHARD'S FORD RECONNOISSANCE — MUD MARCH. A Military Town — Potomac Creek Bridge — Decorations — Fuel — Amusements — Military Etiquette and Loaded Arms — Weeding out Incompetents — Discipline — Colonel Gwyn in Command — ^Picket Duty — Preparation of a Virginia Family Dinner — Something Suspicious — Investigating the Country — A Cavalry Vedette — Scipio Africanus Receives the Parade — A Sad Ending to Scipio's Greatness — A Reconnaissance — Beans Cooked for Five Miles — Crossing the Rappahannock — A Treacherous Raft — A Wounded Girl — The Dame at the Spring — A Confederate Postman — The Return —The Old Year Out — A Battle-line of Ducks — -An Army of Crows — Boxes from Home Sent by the Corn Exchange — Peculiar Tastes — An Unfinished Task — Mud March — The Second Deluge — Three Miles a Day — Stuck — The Wager and its Consequences — Campaign Abandoned . 140 CHAPTER VII. CHANCELLORSVILLE. Return of Colonel Prevost — Condition of the Army — General Hooker in Command — "Joe" Hooker is our Leader — Extra Clothing and Eight Days' Rations — Woollen Lined Roads — Crossing at Kelly's Ford on Canvas Pontoons — Fording the Rapidan — The Farthest Stretch — Travelling Through the Woods — The Chancellor House; Rescuing the Inmates — Hospitalities of the Country" — Meeting the Enemy — A Quiet Stare —A Controlling Position — Disappointment — Dr. Owens Complimented by the Confederates — Army Head-quarters — General Hooker's Order — Egyptian Plague — Beginning of the Fight — Thompson's Tobacco — Withdrawal of the Brigade — Scipio Africanus Surrounded — Drawing in the Pickets — Rout of the nth Corps — The Rebel Charge — Scarcity of Rations— Shelling the Hospital — General Griffin's Bowling — Wounded Horses — Woods on Fire — Casualties — Death of General Whipple — Peter Haggerty — Treed — Captain O'Neill's Eccentricity and Bravery — Retaking the Line — "A Bit of a Talk" — Explosive Cartridges — Captain O'Neill's Candle — The Storm — Withdrawal of the Army and the Pickets — Pursuit — March to Camp — Blue and Gold — Dropping Out — Chris's Ride — Another Blunder. 165 2 CHAPTER VIII. AFTER CHANCELLORSVILLE CAMP AT GOLD MINE FARM — MIDDLEBURG — UPPERVILLE. Scipio Africanus Vanishes — General Griffin and the Adjutant — The Captain's Jacket — Whoopers — Guarding the 25th New York — Presentation to General Barnes — " By George, Sir, You're an Orderly" — Retirement of Colonel Prevost — Strong Picket Line — Gold Mine Farm — Cavalry Fight at Brandy Station — A Compromise on Fence Rails — Manassas Plains — Intense Heat and Scarcity of Water — Gum Springs — Goose Creek Again — Fight at Aldie — Middleburg — Capture of Stuart's Horse Artillery — Cavalry Charges — The " Hooker's Retreat " — Mosby's " Happy Hunting Ground " — Dark Days ......... 210 CHAPTER IX. GETTYSBURG. Suspense at the North — March to Gettysburg — " An Army with Banners" — Leesburg — Fording the Monocacy — A Remarkable Spring — " Old Four Eyes" — Frederick City — Region of Abundance — Disobedience Means Death — General Sykes and the Irishman — In Pennsylvania — York — Hanover — Visitors — A High Private — The First Day's Fight — A Canard — In the Fight — Holding Little Round Top — The Wheat-Field — The Roar of Battle — Bigelow's Battery — An Unwilling Recruit — Steady Work — Change of Front — Orderly Retirement — The Trostle House Fight — Death of Captain Davids — Georgia Prisoners — Major Herring and the Colors — Charge of the Pennsylvania Reserves — Dr. Thomas's Description of Second Day's Fight — The Last Day — The Devil's Den — Seminary Ridge — A Confederate Officer's Mistake — Horrors of Battle — The Crisis — The Charge — The Re- pulse — The Victory — " Go and Fight Somewhere Else " — A Famous Rabbit — Bigelow's Battery — Brady's Hundred Rounds and his Gun — Importance of Battle of Gettysburg ....... 229 CHAPTER X. FROM GETTYSBURG TO WARRENTON. General Barnes Wounded — Delicacies for Confederate Prisoners — Surgeon Thomas's Order — Indignant Visitors — Identifying a Leg — Corporal Smith and the Goose — A Missing Father — The Goose is Cooked and Taken to Camp — Attempts at Carving — The Goose Victorious — Advancing — Quartermaster Gardner — Chaplain O'Neill and General Meade — Lieutenant Binney — Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching — Recruiting — Keystone Battery — Up the Mountain — Fighting for over Fifty Days . 272 CHAPTER XI AROUND WARRENTON — BEVERLY FORD — EXECUTION OF FIVE DESERTERS. Sunday-morning Inspection — Wrong Ammunition — A Facetious Bugler — Recruits for the Regiment — Bounty-jumpers — Quaker Recruits — Heat and Insects — A Dangerous Bath — Heroic Rescue — The Five Deserters — Their Trial — Sentence — Death-watch — Execution — Horse-racing — Captain Crocker's Mansion ; it is Warmed — Captain Donegan's Picket Line — General Sykes and the Picket — " You're got Mosby ! " — A Brave Deserter — The Patton House, Reception at — Jealousy and its Consequences . '290 CHAPTER XII Lee's movement, etc. Fight at Bristoe Station — Raccoon Ford — The Maple Grove — Captain Donaldson and the Lady — The Captain's Confederate Brother — Information Gained — Brandy Station — General Griffin and the Battery — Beverly Ford — Martial Display — Back to Brandy Station — A Busy Day for the 5th Corps — Stuart's Cavalry Mixed up with Union 3 Forces — Attack at Broad Run — Monaghan, of "I," and the Ditch — Movement of the 2d Corps — Centreville — Fairfax Court-House — Shields, of " H " — Bull Run Battle-field — Uncovered Remains — Grave of Colonel Fletcher Webster — Captain Bankson's Album — Buckton — The Road that did not go — Major Herring's pro- motion — Chilly Times — "Joe" Hooker's Retreat ..... 312 CHAPTER XIII RAPPAHANNOCK STATION. The " General " — Destruction and Ruin — A Lunette — Signs of Approaching