History of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps

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Excerpt from History of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps: 1861-1865He has been compelled to group facts with which the Regiment had no direct connection, and to mention mcwements of other parts of the army, in order to continue the thread of the story, to illustrate why that portion of the army of which the Regiment was a part was in such a place, and per formed such services, and particularly to make the volume a readable book to those of his comrades who have not had the opportunities to know why they were compelled to endure such hardships, make such a march, or fight such a battle, and do not now possess or have at their command large libraries from which to obtain that information. He offers these reasons as an apology for going beyond, and including more than, the history of the Regiment. It may be accepted as a history of the Brigade, as the lives of the four regiments composing it were so entwined that the history of one is the history of all.The One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania was not a regiment that did' any one particular brilliant service at any one engagement to make it noted, and then retired from real active service to point at it as its record and pride themselves on the glory of that achievement, but throughout its whole three years service as a Regiment, and one year as a Battalion, it was con stantly called upon to bear its part in each engagement where it fought, and its colors were always seen where the fighting was the hardest, or, in that still more trying position, supporting artillery and compelled to remain in active while subjected to severe fire of shot and shell, and its survivors can now look back with pride to the manner in which that service was per formed, and feel that in no instance was there anything to cause them the slightest humiliation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.