History Of The One Hundred And TWENTY-FIFTH Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers 1862-1863. (125Th Pennsylvania Regimental History) The Regimental Committee Military,Military History,Unit Histories

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 342 pgs, appendix, portrait plates, illustrations, maps, unit roster. First edition. Blue cloth with gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine with minor shelf rubbing; spine gilt bright. Interior front free endpaper is clipped, title page top corner creased; else pages clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The 125th Pennsylvania Infantry served a 9-month term from August 1862 to May 1863. The Regiment fought at the Battle of Antietam and was noted for its charge through the East Woods, along the Great Cornfield, down Smoketown Road, past the Dunker Church, and into the West Woods. While in formation beyond the Dunker Church in an 'overextended' position, the Regiment repulsed four counterattacks at a price of 229 casualties (33% of engaged) within 20 minutes. A fifth, heavily reinforced Confederate counterattack forced a retreat with a desperate struggle to retain the Regimental colors. Two weeks before the end of their enlistment, the 125th Pennsylvania also occupied the perimeter of Chancellorsville, Virginia, during the Battle of Chancellorsville. REFERENCES: DORN PA 304; NEVINS I pg 144: "Another potpourri of statistics and short narratives about a nine-month regiment; treats almost entirely of Antietam."