27 



in killed wounded captured and sick I suppose amounts 

 to Thirty five thousand men that is not from any official 

 rej)ort but from my own jiidf^cment and I consider very 

 near correct. On 27" of June our whole line made a charge 

 and our lofs heavy did not take i-ebel works but advanced 

 our linesinplaces very much Genrl Davis built works with- 

 in 35 paces of the rebels T think the whole charge almost 

 a failure. Our Division was in reserve and did not charge. 

 This is as much as I can give you of the fight at present. 

 I see you have mooved. Jack is in the service T know but 

 T have neve heard the number of his Regt. or letter of 

 Company. I sorry to hear of J. B. Goodner's poor health 

 I am glad to hear of his good prospects of receiving a 

 commission. George I have not seen or heard from I sup- 

 pose his Regt. is along here perhaps. I am thinking your 

 mil] is going to cost money these high times I have money 

 in greenbacks I suppose I will have to get you to invest 

 in land but T dont know but what the best speculation is 

 to lay money aside and wait for gold to go down, do you 

 think it ^\dll soon. Give my love to all of the E^anans and 

 acquaintances also to Caroline and children as ever your 

 Brother Roe 



XIV. 



Dear Brother & Family Head Qtrs 80 Ills Vol Tnftry 



In trenches near Atlanta Ga 

 August 1" 1864 



I received your letter bearing date July 18" 64 on the 

 30" Inst, but was then ordered with my Regt. to go on 

 picket and did not return untill dark last night therefore 

 this is my first opportunity to write. You state you had 

 only received one letter from me since I returned. I have 

 answered all I have received from you, but I suppose one 

 must have been lost. This campaign has been a very hard 

 one to keep up our correspondences on, as on the third 

 of this month will end three months of this campaign. 

 Our situation now is our right rests on the Atlanta Decatur 

 and Augusta RR which we have also destro^^ed then 

 circles around Atlanta our works averaging from one 

 mile to two from the center of the city in shelling distance 

 at the farthest point and the left rest near the Atlanta 



