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the 115tb Regiment. _ It hiBolivar nwcina, Ocl. 8,1B62. II i\8 1Friend Cowan:—You no doubt re-Tlimember the Company that was formed ^ at Tidioute, under Captain Stiles, and jjrec](also of our situation in the 145th Itegi- fment I have frequently been requested Dein to write a communication for the Mail, luci(l but a lack of time has kept me from it. | ^ *lither £ of caAs we are now stationed on BolivarHeights, commanding Harper’s Ferry,I will endeavor to give an account of ourjourney so far. We left Erie on the lltlifof September for the seat of war, via.Buffalo, Elmira, Harrisburg and Cham-bersburg, where we arrived on the 13th,and remained till the 16th. After receiving our arms and equipments, wechief!Arnev el o j thatare ithat“Stook up our march for Dixie. The firstday we made a forced march as far asHagerstown, Md., where we encampedduring the night. The next morning at2 o’clock, “fall in” rang through ourcamp, and in an instant every man, armssisterrendcr thslavten bagancessfthenlatiobe}’(wras raging so furiously at AntietamCreek—the spot where now rests manya patriot whose last moments were spentin serving his country in the hour of herthatin hand, was in line. We rested on our arms until daylight, when wo were joined by two pieces of artillery, and again moved forward toward the battle, whichDlllllfriousof tli n d u trad’ 1 (* 1perils. We marched about 20 miles, ar- ou^( riving on the field of battle about 3 o’clock. We were marched up behind one of our batteries, where we remainedhertropb o f»
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Warren Mail
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Oct 18, 1862
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