May 21, 1864.
The 23d Army Corps moved South yesterday. I hear that they
found the enemy on the south bank of the Etowah river, and that he disputes the
crossing. Grant seems to be checked in his “on to Richmond.” It seems that
Rebel Iverson, whom I saw dead near Adairsville, was a brigadier general and a
son of the ex-Congressman. This Kingston has been a gem of a little town, but
the Rebels burned most of it when they left. Our railroad men are very
enterprising. The cars got here the same night we did, and a dozen or 20 trains
are coming per day, all loaded inside with commissary stores and outside with
soldiers.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 245
