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way into a position in front Resacca Ga under heavy artil- 

 lery fire Two Brocades of our Division driven back by 

 rebs. But Genrl Hooker fell on to the advancini? fox and 

 soon hurled them back with severe loss to rebs. On 15 

 the whole Army in line around Resacca right resting on 

 Oustanala River and left on acrofs the RR cannonading 

 heavy all day in afternoon Genrl Hookers corps made a 

 charge taking four guns riffle pits some prisoner and 

 small arms that ended the day. On 16" first orders we 

 received was to march out as the rebs had gone from 

 Pasacca which we found true they burned RR bridge 

 acrofs the Oustanala River. I suppose seventy five long 

 but our train came in by 10 AM and the bridge corps 

 said they would have the bridge done in 48 hours but I 

 believe it took them 144 hours w^e mad eight miles with 

 some skirmishing and bivouaced for the night. On 17" 

 18 & 19 fought our way along the RR through Calhoun, 

 Adairsville Kingston & on the evening of the 19" took 

 Cafsville distance made in the three days 28 miles our 

 lofs in our Regt very light the rebs built rail works ever 

 few miles to resist our advance but these we would charge 

 and take witli little lofs. 20" 21 & 21" Army laid still near 

 Cafsville Ga On 23" the Army started with twenty days ra- 

 tions and left the RR to our left with the intention of flank- 

 ing the rebs out of the Altoona hills, the 23" 24" 25 made 35 

 miles over hills and skirmished nearly all the time in 

 eve of the 25" came up on the rebel works and Army their 

 left resting on Dallas Ga and their right in direction of 

 RR. We got our Army into line and cannoaded skirmished 

 and built works until June the 5" when in morning we 

 found the rebs had gone rained most ever day laid still 

 the 5" of June On march the 6" made nine miles & biv- 

 ouaced for the night laid there the 7" 8" &9" within three 

 miles of Seworth(?) Ga where our trains came ever day. 



On the 7" I w^as assigned to the command of the 80th 

 Ills Inftry in our Brigade there. Field officers are all in 

 Libby prison Richmond Va but since I have seen an ac- 

 count of their being sent to Charleston ScC to be put 

 under our own fire. On 10" of June we started on march 

 again. My Regt in advance of Brigade met the rebs ibn 

 four miles and found them on Lost ^Mountain and in be- 



