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Title: History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 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
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) Smith, John L., b. 1846
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) 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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a moment. Attention,guard! resounded the clear, ringing voice of the provost-marshal. Shoulder arms ! * Forward ! Guide right! * March! Every tread of the guard fell upon the stilledhearts of the motionless army. Twenty-five paces werequickly covered. At six paces from the prisoners withappropriate pause and stern deliberation the command wasgiven: Halt! ready! aim! fire! Simultaneouslyfifty muskets flashed. Military justice was satisfied and thelaw avenged. Four bodies fell back heavily with a solid thud; the fifth re-mained erect. Inspection arms ! hurriedly ordered Cap-tain Orne, and every ramrod sprang in ringing tones uponthe breech. No soldier had failed of his duty, every muskethad been discharged. Pistol in hand the provost-marshalmoved to the figure which still sat erect upon the coffin(for it was his disagreeable duty to despatch the culprit if themusketry failed); but Surgeon Thomas had pronounced life ex-tinct, and the body was laid upon the ground with the others. 30I —
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— 302 — The masses changed direction by the left flank, and amid theenlivening notes of The Girl I Left Behind Me broke intoopen column of companies, and marching by the bodies to seethat the work of the executioner had been effectually done, thetroops were soon back to their camps again.* The bright, generous summer-time, and the unusual leisureat such a season, prompted an indulgence in various sports * Captain H. K. Kelly furnishes the following amusing incident: Some verycurious characters were found among the drafted men and substitutes furnished tothe regiment. They presented an element entirely different from the patrioticvolunteer, of which the regiment was originally formed. They required a dif-ferent study of human nature and a very different treatment. This can be under-stood even by those who have never exercised command in the army. In requir-ing from the volunteer strict obedience and conformity to all the requirements ofthe service, it could not be forgotten that he

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