Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.323

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History of Cambria County, V.2

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 323

    Monday, May 4. We stopped there until next day, the 4th instant, when we were shelled by the enemy pretty briskly for abut an hour after daylight. The enemy made another attack with infantry and artillery about 4 p.m., their shells bursting over our heads in the woods, wounding one of my men slightly.
    Tuesday, May 5. The next morning my regiment put up breastworks in front of it. Nothing occurred this day until 11 p.m., when we got orders to move, and started at 2 o'clock next morning (Wednesday), 6th instant, when we marched back to the Rappahannock and re-crossed the pontoon bridges at the United States Ford at 6 o'clock, and arrived at camp about 4 p. m. the same day. * * *

John P. Dunne,
Major, Commanding 115th Penns. Vols.
    Company K, 125th Pennsylvania, Col. Jacob Higgins, Chancellorsville battle:
125th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers,
May 10, 1863
    Sir: I have the honor to report, as commander of the 125th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, that when the order came to prepare for the late campaign, the most encouraging enthusiasm was manifested by the officers and men of this regiment; and the anticipation cherished by the men of shortly visiting their old homes, and the anxiety and solicitude to see and embrace their friends once again, they set about the work with a cheerful determination and alacrity manifested only by freemen who have the best interests of their country at heart.
    Scarcely a murmur or dissenting complaint was known to emanate from an individual member of the regiment, even some who were sick, refused to stay behind, and marched as long as their strength would sustain them, when, contrary to their own desires, they were obliged to fall to the rear. Only the most sanguine hopes of an honorable and speedy termination of this bloody strife and a heartfelt desire for peace and national prosperity could have stimulated the men to act so cheerfully and promptly.
    Thursday, April 30. The battle-ground of Chancellorsville was reached on April 30, and the regiment was encamped, in company with the rest of the brigade (2d), nearly half a mile south of the brick house known as Chancellorsville, by a road leading west from the Gordonsville and Fredericksburg Plank Road, afterward proving to be the left center of the line of battle.
    Friday, May 1. In the morning, the regiment (Co. K) with the division (2d) advanced nearly a mile, and after engaging the enemy, which we found in considerable force, and fighting the greater portion of the day, we retired to the camp we occupied the previous night, and immediately commenced erecting fortifications of brush, saplings, under-wood, and dirt, using

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	323
Monday, May 4. We stopped there until next day, the 4th instant, when we were shelled by the enemy pretty briskly for abut an hour after daylight. The enemy made another attack with infantry and artillery about 4 p.m., their shells bursting over our heads in the woods, wounding one of my men slightly. Tuesday, May 5. The next morning my regiment put up breastworks in front of it. Nothing occurred this day until 11 p.m., when we got orders to move, and started at 2 o'clock next morning (Wednesday), 6th instant, when we marched back to the Rappahannock and re-crossed the pontoon bridges at the United States Ford at 6 o'clock, and arrived at camp about 4 p. m. the same day. * * * John P. Dunne, Major, Commanding 115th Penns. Vols. Company K, 125th Pennsylvania, Col. Jacob Higgins, Chancellorsville battle: 125th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers, May 10, 1863 Sir: I have the honor to report, as commander of the 125th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, that when the order came to prepare for the late campaign, the most encouraging enthusiasm was manifested by the officers and men of this regiment; and the anticipation cherished by the men of shortly visiting their old homes, and the anxiety and solicitude to see and embrace their friends once again, they set about the work with a cheerful determination and alacrity manifested only by freemen who have the best interests of their country at heart. Scarcely a murmur or dissenting complaint was known to emanate from an individual member of the regiment, even some who were sick, refused to stay behind, and marched as long as their strength would sustain them, when, contrary to their own desires, they were obliged to fall to the rear. Only the most sanguine hopes of an honorable and speedy termination of this bloody strife and a heartfelt desire for peace and national prosperity could have stimulated the men to act so cheerfully and promptly. Thursday, April 30. The battle-ground of Chancellorsville was reached on April 30, and the regiment was encamped, in company with the rest of the brigade (2d), nearly half a mile south of the brick house known as Chancellorsville, by a road leading west from the Gordonsville and Fredericksburg Plank Road, afterward proving to be the left center of the line of battle. Friday, May 1. In the morning, the regiment (Co. K) with the division (2d) advanced nearly a mile, and after engaging the enemy, which we found in considerable force, and fighting the greater portion of the day, we retired to the camp we occupied the previous night, and immediately commenced erecting fortifications of brush, saplings, under-wood, and dirt, using