ANTIETAM TO APPOMATTOX with 118th Penna. Vols. Corn Exchange Regiment (Inscribed by Author) (118th Pennsylvania Infantry Regimental History)

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SUBTITLED: With descriptions of Marches, Battles, and Skirmishes together with a Complete roster and Sketches of Officers and Men, compiled from Official Reports, Letters and Diaries. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xvi, 746 pgs., 2 folding maps, illustrations, unit roster. Original blue decorative cloth with gilt design and gold titled spine and gilt front cover; beveled edges; floral endpapers. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends; gilt bright. Interior front hinge weak, else pages are clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The 118th Pennsylvania Regiment participated in several major conflicts during the war including the Battle of Gettysburg, Siege of Petersburg, and escorted the truce flag of Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Five Forks. The regiment had 38 separate engagements and is one of the FOX 300 Fighting Regiments. The regiment was led by Colonel Charles Prevost until he was seriously injured at the Battle of Shepherdstown in which Lieutenant-Colonel James Gwyn assumed command until the end of the war. It was also known as the Corn Exchange Regiment because a bounty of $10 for each man, as well as the funds necessary for raising the regiment, were furnished by the Corn Exchange Association Streets in Philadelphia. Printed from the plates of the 1888 edition. REFERENCES: DORN PA# 291; NEVINS NR; FOX 300. MULLINS / REED #200. N° de ref. del artículo 0224024

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