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hind works. Skirmished there 10" 11" 12" 13"&14" and 

 occasion cannoading this is the place one of the Batteries 

 of our Division killed Lt Genrl Polk. On 15" found the rebs 

 had left during the previous night but by skirmishing 

 through the woods we found they had only gone about a 

 mile behind the works and we got up in front of their 

 works again and went to work fighting and making works 

 laid there the 16" on 17" found the rebs gone again and 

 we on pursuit found them within a mile's skirmishing & 

 cannonading behind works built works and fought there 

 the 18". On 19" in morning find the rebel ditches evacuated 

 again and Yanks in pursuit drove them to the Kennesaw Mt. 

 there found them in force strongly fortified their lines 

 00 in rear of their lines is Marietta Ga here fought charged 

 and cannonaded until the morning of the 3" of July when 

 we found that the rebels had gone and we started on pur- 

 suit & skirmishing all day through Marietta Ga and made 

 six miles and found the rebs again in position behind 

 works. On morning of the 4" of July all seemed very 

 quiet untill noon then we were ordered to make a charge 

 all along the line to take the rebels first works The 80" 

 was on the left of the Brigade and in front line of our 

 Brigade and we had to charge over a cornfield where 

 the corn was two feet high nearly a half mile this we 

 did under heavy fire of Artillery and Infantry and carried 

 the rebs first works capturing some rebs and killing some 

 the 59" was in this charge on the right of the Brigade 

 four Regts in front line. Genrl Sherman watched our 

 Brigade charge and complimented it highly lofs on the 

 4" in 80" 16 killed and wounded Henry James Kelley 

 among the dead and 21 wounded out of 232 taken into 

 the fight in 59" 3 killed among the wounded was Lt David 

 F Rorhammer that used to be my Orderly Sergt that is 

 all I suppose you know Dabid not dangerous in side but 

 gone to hospital. On 5" found the rebs gone and came to 

 this position our corps on left of line and on Chattahoochee 

 River no rebs in our front to disturb us our right is on 

 the river also and the rebs also form their line inside of 

 our on North side of the river I suppose when we get 

 rested up we will start and crof s the river and flank them 

 out of this position we are now 8 miles from Atlanta Ga. 

 The lofs from the Army since the 3rd day of May 1864 



