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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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e up to theenemy to the eastward of and on the direct Petersburg front. The first among the substantial lines built by the divisionwas secured by a night advance of the 20th Maine, 118th Penn-sylvania, 18th Massachusetts, ist Michigan and i6th Michigan,under the command of Colonel Herring. He pushed up asclose to the enemys position as his instructions would war-rant without involving the troops in a direct assault, and bydaylight had protected himself with entrenchments calculated,after some strengthening, to be maintained as a permanentwork. The loss in this operation was one man killed and sixwounded. The enemy kept up an active fire during the day. Theworks were an effective cover and the only casualty was Esh-back, of Company I, wounded. Active gunnery continued day and night, and the pickets,particularly in front of the 9th Corps, were continuously andfrequently severely engaged. The position held by the regi-ment while it occupied the entrenchments, varied by occasional - 4Si -
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WORKS AROUND PETERSBURG, SHOWING POSITION 118th OCCUPIED.31 482 changes, were at points about equidistant between the Jerusa-lem plank road and opposite Elhotts saHent, afterwards thecrater. It was sometimes in reserve, generally in front. Eitherwas in effective artillery range, and casualties were as frequentin one as in the other. Surface water had disappeared entirely. Squads were dis-patched in different directions to look for signs indicating thatwith pick and shovel a supply might be secured below the sur-face. Sergeant Nugent, readyand reliable, was the most suc-cessful in discovering it. Aftera search of several hours heset his squad to work, and atthe depth of five or six feetfound excellent water. Twobarrels sunk to the bottomwalled the well, and a guardthrown around it kept off in-truders not entitled to itsprivileges. The sergeant, asa recognition of his discovery,was placed in charge of theguard, but, though less ex-posed, he soon grew wearyand lonesome of a retirementy^^

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