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Tli6 Kind (If nitertAt It wti nta.de r,\ iMu Work it fitttfittifi,Gen. St. Clair tfulhottand, who at one time commanded the 116th Pa* Volt,, *to) j which formed part of Meagher’s got famous Irish Brigade, the latte* coin- tftai mand again forming part of the rtret division of the Second Corps, while In ,eI. Erie last spring, talked to a reporter as jjj follows about the regiment*tbafc Will re* voU unite here neitt Friday* equThe 83d Pennsylvania Volunteers, if Aac I mistake hot, opened the fight on Little tog Hound Top, fired the first shot nt that hog point and did splendid work. fllaY“Whilst the 83d was hammering the I * enemy on the hill another Erie Regiment I Was pounding them in the valley be* , ncath. That splendid regiment,the 145th Pennsylvania Volunteers, went out to e*P the left of the peach orchard with Cali!* I well’s division of the second core* When 1Yot* It went out to help Sickles. Tne begi* {pad metit at that time Was part Of Brooke’s tem; brigade and thAt brigade advanced fur* moh ther that afternoon than any other troop thik of our army. When the division had of i reached a point where the right rested at the pencil orchard of Sherfey’s farm, Lnm and had destroyed one line of the ene* my and captured many prisoners, It was eonJ outflanked, outnumbered, and with a 8 Confederate line In front and another in t0 ** the rear, driven back with great slaugh- 6lr * ter across the wheat field and valley of t0 w death. The 145th did its full share of not; the fighting that afternoon, and the fol- fine lowing day was in line to receive the theli final charge of Pickett and HU1 on our Bu left center. After the wilderness earn- W0]c pnign the brigades of the division were reformed and the 145th Was assigned to ; / i brigade that 1 commanded for several months in front of Petersburg. I found ' ;he regiment was one that could be rell- oa*y id upon all the time. You could count jee(tu' n the 145th for good work at any hour I wii} 1 )f the dav or night. j ihrb“Yes, I knew Col. RvoWh of that regi-j tra'eewent. Intimnfrdv T Vom pmhur fliQ
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Shenango Valley News
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 02, 1887
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