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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Color Episode of the one hundred and Forty-Ninth regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (search)
ow in rear of the first line in the final onset. Just then there was no line of Confederates in front of Davis, and all he needed to do to carry out his orders, was to delay marching, until, by the contraction of the semi-circle, further east, the right of Daniels' brigade connected with the left of Brockenbrough's. This accounts for the fact that our colors were not driven back or captured, at, or before, the time that the two Bucktail regiments were flanked out of their position at McPherson's, and fell in on the left of the 143rd P. V., which had changed position and was now facing west, south of the pike. Our line was then about 100 yards east of the McPherson buildings. I was lying at the time in the southeast corner of the McPherson barnyard, disabled by a wound received about an hour before, in the field north of the pike. Though unable to shift my body I could turn my head, sufficiently, to get a view of part of the meadow east of the McPherson lane, but could not see
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Affidavit of Supervisors of Co. C, 149th regiment. Pa. Vols. (search)
nd of heroes could have reached the regiment, while it was yet at McPherson's, and the colors would have been saved from capture. Since I wn over a hundred yards further on, south of the pike and east of McPherson's. This furnishes a striking illustration of the rapid successs a pleasure to mention, that though badly wounded before leaving McPherson's, he stuck to the men until they reached town. In the Chancelurbed at the rail piles where first planted until our position at McPherson's became untenable and the regiment was withdrawn, the question m first, he assigned to the command of F an officer who was not at McPherson's, having fallen by the wayside before reaching the field, and noof Col. Stone, had served its purpose long before the position at McPherson's had been abandoned, and the guards could have been recalled to from a foeman our State flag; and, had our regiment still been at McPherson's, he would have brought in his trophy in triumph. Too modest to