Atlanta, Ga., October 26, 1864.
Yesterday, Captain Crowninshield and Mr. Storrow arrived,
after a long journey of thirty days. I think Storrow will prove a good officer;
I like his looks very much.
We are still occupying our mansion, quietly living on the
fat of the land. Every other day, a forage train of seven or eight hundred
wagons goes out about twenty miles into the country, and comes back the third
or fourth day loaded with corn, sweet potatoes, flour, chickens, etc.
Yesterday, our small mess wagon brought in two barrels of flour, two or three
sacks of sweet potatoes, a dozen chickens and ducks, a jar of honey, a keg of
sorghum, and several other small articles; so you see that we are not likely to
starve for some time to come.
General Sherman says that, as the Georgians have seen fit to
get in our rear and break our railroad, we must live on Georgia. Of course,
very heavy guards have to go with these trains, for the country is full of
cavalry; thus far, however, they have all returned safely.
We keep a cow in our back garden, and have cream in our
coffee and new butter every day; we also keep ducks and pigeons. In the city
there are concerts or negro minstrel entertainments every night; the concerts
by the Thirty-third Massachusetts Band are very good indeed.
SOURCE: Charles Fessenden Morse, Letters Written
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, p. 195
