July 4, 1864.
I count it the hardest Fourth I have seen in the service.
About 8 a. m. we moved out, passed through Marietta, which is by far the
prettiest town I have seen South (about the size of Canton), and continued
south nearly all the way along our line of works. Marched about 11 miles. Not
more than one-third of the men stacked arms when we halted for the night; fell
out along the roads. I have seen more than 1,000 prisoners and deserters.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 273
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