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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, comp
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., J. L. Smith
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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he parapet together, when a dismountedcavalryman levelled his carbine, fired and Welch fell, killedoutright. Dearings cavalry brigade, dismounted, with infantryheld this portion of the enemys line. As the troops with greatenthusiasm crossed the works the enemy fled. Some prisonersfell into our hands. Fort McRae had fallen, the 20th Maine as usual again hav-ing an opportunity to lend its gallant aid to capture it. In thisredoubt were the four guns seen when the brigade uncovereditself at the church. Their fire had been directed with specialseverity against the 16th Michigan and the Il8th. As ourforces scaled the parapet all four guns were limbered up; threeeluded pursuit and escaped, the fourth was captured. The 20ihMaine justly claim the honor of the capture, but the 118th sofar contributed to it that one of its men, William Kilpatrick of D, had mounted a wheel-horse while the struggle for thepiece was in progress. The work primarily laid out for Griffins division had been — 5i5 —
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- 5x6 - fully done. The junction of the two roads was secure; theredoubts and entrenchments had fallen. The heaviest compensation exacted in this encounter was thelife of Colonel Welch, of the 16th Michigan. Soldiers of hiscalibre were rapidly disappearing. The bloody track from theRapidan was marked by the graves of men of ability andpromise. Colonel Gwyns horse fell on him as he mounted the works.He was for a time severely disabled ; his leg was badly hurtand his old wound broke out afresh. During the rest of theday the brigade was commanded by Major Spear, of the 20thMaine. Sergeant-Major Courtney was wounded and his place was atonce supplied by the very wise selection of Sergeant SamuelNugent, of K. There were two substitutes of K whom Lieutenant Sees-holtz strongly suspected would disappear at the first severeshock of battle. He directed Nugent and Stotsenberg towatch them closely and at the first intimation of wavering torun them through with the bayonet, and he would be respon-

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