HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 1862-1863. Second Edition

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 342 pgs, appendix, portrait plates, illustrations, maps, unit roster. Reprint, second edition of 1906 edition. Blue cloth with gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light soiling and rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends. Small moisture damage to front cover. Interior has small and relatively minor moisture rippling to lower page edges; former owner label on front free endpaper. Inked gift inscription dated 1934 to former owner. old, yellowed tape repair to pages 96-97, else interior is clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The 125th Pennsylvania Infantry served a 9-month term from August 1862 to May 1863. The Regiment fought at the Battle of Antietam. The Regiment was noted for its charge through the East Woods, along the Great Cornfield, down Smoketown Road, past the Dunker Church, and into the West Woods. While in formation beyond the Dunker Church in an 'overextended' position, the Regiment repulsed four counterattacks at a price of 229 casualties (33% of engaged) within 20 minutes. A fifth, heavily reinforced Confederate counterattack forced a retreat with a desperate struggle to retain the Regimental colors. Two weeks before the end of their enlistment, the 125th Pennsylvania also occupied the perimeter of Chancellorsville, Virginia, during the Battle of Chancellorsville. REFERENCES: DORN PA 305; NEVINS I pg 144: "Another potpourri of statistics and short narratives about a nine-month regiment; treats almost entirely of Antietam.". N° de ref. del artículo 0622037

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