This evening finds us at the base of Kenesaw. We are reminded that this name has gone to history, associated with deeds of valor; where Loga...

GENERAL FIELD ORDERS No. 16. HDQRS. DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, East Point, Ga., September 10 , 1864 . It is with pride...

June 28, 1864. The attack was not general; it was made by our brigade and M. L. Smith's Division. We lost nearly one-third of the b...

June 23, 1864, 9 a. m. The Rebels opened furiously from the mountain last night about 12. Here they are firing at a division of the 14...

Front of Kenesaw Mountain, June 26, 1864. Nothing worth mentioning has occurred since my last. The usual amount of artillery and muske...

Near Marietta, Ga. , June 24, 1864. My letter of the 19th brought our operations up to that date, and closed just as we were about to s...

A large detail from our regiment was put to work on the railroad. Three of us, Hiram Frank, John D. Moore and I, took French leave this aft...

The weather is pleasant. We were on the move early this morning, the Seventeenth and Fifteenth Corps marched out to the south of Kenesaw mo...

A heavy rain last night. We started early this morning and arrived in camp about 9 o'clock. This afternoon we received orders to prepar...

This morning found us lying at Acworth, Georgia, having arrived at about 11 o'clock in the night. There is an engine off the track abou...

It is quite warm. Nothing of importance. One month ago today I was taken sick with the intermittent fever, at Kenesaw mountain. Sour...

It is the same thing over and over. My fever is broken now and I am getting better. I just learned that there are three others of my compan...

All the sick have been removed to the field hospital in the rear of the army. I was brought here to our division field hospital, near Big S...

All is very quiet along the lines today. The rebels have built a strong line of works out along Nick-a-Jack creek, and it is reported that ...

The Seventeenth Army Corps have removed all their surplus baggage to the rear for the purpose of making a flanking movement on the rebels, ...

There was very little cannonading and skirmishing today. We drew two days' rations with orders to be ready to march at a moment's w...

We were up all night throwing up breastworks, finishing them about noon today. The rebels opened up their battery on Little Kenesaw mountai...

It has been quite warm today with rain this evening. Things were quiet all along the line until in the afternoon, when there was heavy figh...

The day has been clear and quite warm. This morning Company E was sent out as sharpshooters. During the night the Eleventh and Sixteenth Re...

Had a light shower yesterday, while today it rained nearly all day. We formed a line of battle this morning and moved forward. There was so...