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After the disaster at Chancellorsville the Third Corps 

 had returned to Roscobel, near Falmouth, where they lay 

 when the order to march came. With it went the 114th, its 

 ranks depleted, but the soldiers not discouraged. On the 11th 

 of June this regiment reached Hartwood Church; on the 12th, 

 Bealton; on the 14th, Manassas Junction; on the 17th, Centre- 

 ville ; on the 19th, Gum Springs. On the 25th the regiment 

 crossed the Potomac at Edward's Ferry, which was familiar 

 ground. On the 26th they reached Point of Rocks. On the 28th, 

 Woodsboro, where General Sickles joined them. On the 29th, 

 Taneytown, and the 30th, a point near Emmettsburg. 



The weather was warm, and from the passage of such an 

 army the road was deep with dust, which choked the men 

 and horses and made marching difficult, but the army bore 

 up well. Robert kept up with the best of them. He could 

 not be surpassed on a march. He had become a hardy 

 soldier. The battle he had been in had tested his courage 

 and he had borne it well. He was inspired with confidence. 

 His health and spirits were good. He was on his way to his 

 native State, on whose soil he was ready to offer up his life a 

 sacrifice, and he felt ready to do and dare to the utmost. 



There was not much variation in the series of alternate 

 marches and halts, for in the time between Falmouth and Get- 

 tysburg the Third Corps marched, on an average, but one day 

 in two. The watching for Lee, whose destination was not 

 manifest, and the effort to cover Washington from his attack, 

 made Hooker's progress slow and cautious. The monotony of 

 the day's march was relieved by the sight of camps they passed 

 by, as the corps moved alternately, or by the galloping by of cav- 

 alry or artillery seeking the whereabouts of the enemy. Then 

 there was the fording of streams, the camping when the day's 

 tramp was over, the camp duties and the weary night on 

 picket. It took from the 5th till the 30th of June to reach Get- 

 tysburg. 



