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Title: History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument;
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Infantry. 124th Regiment, 1862-1863 Green, Robert McCay, 1842- , comp
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Pennsylvania Infantry 124th
Publisher: Philadelphia, Ware bros. company, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ten were combinedand formed the 124th Regiment Pennsylvania \olunteers, to servefor nine months. The regiment under command of Captain Haw-ley was transported to Washington, and on i6th of August, hereceived from Governor Curtin, a commission as colonel. On September 17th he led the regiment into the Battle ofAntietam, where by 9 oclock in the morning, it was under a heavyfire in what is now spoken of as the Bloody Cornfield; theregiment lost many killed and wounded ; among the latter was^Colonel Hawley, who received a bullet in the neck. He was car-ried from the field and finally removed to his home in Lionville.Upon recovery, he rejoined the regiment at Harpers Ferry, De-cember 3d, and continued with it (except for a short intervalwhile in hospital) until the expiration of term of service May17. 1863. Returning to his duties with the Bank of Chester County heremained but one day Avhen Governor Curtin telegraphed himto get the members of the 124th together and proceed to Harris- 196
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igo6. Colonel Joseph )i\ Haiclcy. burg to assist in repelling an invasion which General Lee wasprojecting northward. Colonel Hawiey sent couriers to summonthe members of his old regiment, and a majority of them respondedso promptly that, together with new recruits, one thousand wereenrolled in one day in Chester and Delaware Counties and for-warded to Harrisburg the same evening. These were organizedas the Twenty-ninth Emergency Regiment and on June 19th,Colonel Hawiey was again commissioned colonel. He was as-signed to the command of a brigade consisting of his own andtwo New York regiments, and to him General Couch committedthe protection of the bridges of the Pennsylvania Railroad, whichwere threatened with destruction. Upon retreat of the defeated Confederate forces from Gettys-burg, Colonel Hawiey was ordered to follow and harass the rearof Lees Army, and he moved with such celerity that he reachedthe Potomac the day prior to Lees crossing and his troops engagedwith them in a ski

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