This morning found us lying at Acworth, Georgia, having
arrived at about 11 o'clock in the night. There is an engine off the track
about a mile east of town, and they are at work repairing the track and trying
to get the engine back on. Eleven trains are waiting here, six going North and
five South. We left Acworth at 2 p. m. and arrived at Big Shanty, where we
again had to lie until night, waiting for the railroad to be repaired. The
rebels tore up the tracks to the west of Kenesaw mountain, this afternoon. They
had a small battery with them and threw some shells at the trains, but with the
exception of hitting three or four cars, did no damage.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 217
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