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. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, Second regiment, Bucktail brigade [electronic resource] . f whose brigades were still arrivingand moving in plain view into position south of the Chambers-burg road. While the Union line was but a skeleton, withnoticeable gaps between the several brigades as well as betweenthe regiments, the enemy was formed in continuous doublelines of battle, extending southward as far as the accidents ofthe ground permitted the eye to reach, with heavy supportingcolumns in the rear. It was a beautiful spectacle, but theirpreponderance in force was so obvious that the Union troopsmight have predicted the certainty of their own defeat, if theyhad not counted on the timely arrival *of re-enforcements. An incident which occurred about mid-day did much tocreate good feeling and stimulate the courage of the regiment.While watching and waiting, the attention of some of the menwas called to an individual of rather bony frame and more thanaverage stature who approached from the direction of the town, moving with a deliberate step, carrying in his right hand a rifle. JOIIX lilKXS. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 121 at a trail At any time his figure would have been notice-able, but it was doubly so at that moment, both on account ofhis age, which evidently neared threescore-and-ten, and thepeculiarity of his dress. The latter consisted of dark trousersand waistcoat, a blue swallow-tail coat with brass buttons, and a high black silk hat, from which most of the originalsheen had long departed, of a shape to be found only in thefashion-plates of a remote past. Presumably on account ofthe heat, no neckwear of any kind relieved the bluish tint ofhis clean-shaven face and chin. As his course brought himopposite the rear of the left battalion, he first met Major Cham-berlin and asked, Can I fight with your regiment? Themajor answered affirmatively, but, seeing Colonel Wister ap-proaching, added, Here is our colonel; speak to him W