Two miles north of Kenesaw Mountain,
October 9, 1864.
At 12 p.m., after a cold, tiresome march, the train
corraled, and we built fires and turned in beside them for the balance of the
night, right at the northeast base of Kenesaw Mountain. This a. m. found the
brigade two miles further north. The Rebel Army was here three days ago and
tore up the railroad all along here. They are now near Van Wirt. If they go
north across the Etawah, we will probably follow. Their present position
menances the whole line of road from Rome to the Chattahoochie crossing.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 308
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