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division, and would mention particularly...Capt. James
Thomson, Independent Pennsylvania Artillery.
R
EPORT OF
A.
D
URYEA
,
B
RIGADIER
G
ENERAL
List of officers and men who behaved with gallantry in
the engagements of September 14-17, First Brigade
One
hundred
and
seventh
Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers Captain Mac Thomson
M
ARCHING
O
N
After
Antietam
the
107
th
’s
Division
Commander, James Ricketts (a West Pointer) was
reassigned to the captured Harper’s Ferry and General
Duryea (a West Pointer) was ordered to Washington.
Colonel Root, a West Pointer, now commands
the brigade and Brig. General Gibbons the
Division. Both of the officers have the
reputation of being well-versed in military
matters and eminently fitted to command,
but we had learned to appreciate the abilities
of our old commanders; we had fought under
their leadership in several fierce conflicts and