Near Gordon, November 23, 1864.
Came here to-day,
about eight miles, find the Army of the Tennessee all here. Have heard nothing
of the Rebels to-day; saw ice one and one-half inches thick that formed last
night. Wore my overcoat all day. The left wing is either at Milledgeville or
gone on east. A branch road runs up to the Capitol from the Macon and Savannah
railroad, leaving it at Gordon. It is now all destroyed. This road is very
easily destroyed. The iron is laid on stringers, which are only fastened to the
ties with wooden pins. We have yet done nothing at it, but boys who have, say
they pry up one stringer with the iron on it, roll it over to the other half of
the track, lay some rails on, and fire it. The iron being firmly fastened to
the stringer, expanding under the heat destroys it completely. The country here
is quite rolling, not quite as rich as the Indian Spring country, but there is
yet plenty of forage. The woods are mostly pine, and we are all most anxious to
get where we will have some other fuel. The smoke of pine wood is so
disagreeable.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army
Life of an Illinois Soldier, p. 324-5
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