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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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SERGEANT AUGUSTUS LUKER. had been detailed for orderly duty at regimental head-quartersand, being without musket or equipments, had taken thismethod to provide himself with a weapon, intending to use itto a purpose at the first opportunity. He had exhausted hisammunition and, desiring instructions what he should do formore, from Lieutenant Samuel N. Lewis, who stood in his im-mediate vicinity and had noticed the mans behavior, was di- — 247 —
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— 248 rected to leap over the wall and remove the cartridge-box andtake the musket from the dead body of a soldier that lay somefifteen or twenty paces to the front. Without hesitation, amida shower of bullets, he executed the direction, slowly removedthe accoutrements, seized the musket and returned to his place.He then called Lieutenant Lewiss attention to a Confederatestand of colors and its color-bearer. Taking deliberate aim, hefired, and the standard almost instantly fell. Donnelly, en-raptured with hissuccess, never after-wards returned tohis orderly duty, butremained, coura-geously fighting, inthe ranks, and to-wards the end ofthe war was re-warded with a well-earned promotion toa first lieutenancy. The yard andgrounds oftheTros-tle House soonswarmed with skir-mishers from Barks-dales brigade. TheMississippianscrowded every cor-ner, knoll and rock that offered protection, pouring in a de-structive and accurate fire. Their line of battle, with colorswell to the front, develop

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