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Title: 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
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) Smith, John L., b. 1846
Subjects: United States. Army Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1861-1965) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., J.L. Smith
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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politeness. In the morning, finding all the bottlesempty, he sadly reflected that all earthly pleasures are fleeting. The Richards Ford reconnoissance was but a prelude to theBurnside winter campaign of January, 1863, now historicallyrecognized as the famous * Mud March. The cold, unusualfor the latitude, continued for several weeks. The ground Avasfirm and solid, the frost deep and the roads better than everbefore in the armys experience in a Virginia winter. If thefreezing weather had held on a little longer there would doubt-less have been another issue to the unfortunate affair; therewould at least have been a fight. Repeatedly orders were issued for the movement and asoften countermanded, until, on Tuesday, the 20th of January,it was finally begun. It was a crisp, bright winter day. Aflaming general order, indicating prospective success, intimatinga surprise, appealing to the strength and valor of the soldiery,and assuring a hopefulness in a speedy termination of the war, 159 —
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— i6o — was published to even regiment just before its march began.The Army of the Potomac had become a stoHd set; stirringappeals had lost their effectiveness; what was to be done theyconsidered had better be done and talked of afterwards. De-monstrative language, defiant music, were thought to be akin.When the bands of the two armies would taunt each other withrival patriotic airs, it was invariably followed by defeat or with-drawal; and written promises and urgent appeals it was thoughtwould have kindred results. Yet there was willingness andreadiness, and the men moved off with a cheerful alacrity, agait and carriage that implied that what they were put at theywould accomplish if others could. It was one oclock before the movement, which started in theother corps at early dawn, reached the brigade. After but afive-mile march a halt for the night was made in an extensiveoak forest. A fatality attended the enterprise from its incip-iency. The cold weather was over; the 20th ende

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