Class Year
2016
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
4-2-2014
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
“Be careful what you wish for.” Had the volunteers of Dauphin County’s 127th Regiment heard the old adage before marching off to war in the summer of 1862? Undoubtedly. even if they had, it was far from their minds as they drilled and waited and guarded the perimeter of Washington. These men had enlisted to fight, but now they found themselves consigned to guard duty for their first three months in the Army. Their fortunes would soon change, however, for better or for worse; unbeknownst to them, the Battle of Fredericksburg lurked in their future. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Lavery, Kevin P., "War Beyond the Battlefield: From the Potomac to the Rappahannock" (2014). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 41.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/41
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