CAMP NEAR CHATTANOOGA.
Arrived in camp this
evening. My wound is not yet well, but I prefer doing duty to staying in a
hospital. The boys are doing well, and in fine spirits. I was greatly
disappointed in not getting a letter from home, which came in my absence and
was destroyed, under the impression that I would be away for some time. We hold
the river above and below Chattanooga, leaving Rosecranz but one outlet through
Sequatchie Valley. There seems to be no danger of his attacking us, or of our
attacking him. His position has been made very strong. Our siege-guns on
Lookout can reach the city at long range.
President Davis is
expected every day.
SOURCE: Edwin L.
Drake, Editor, The Annals of the Army of Tennessee and Early Western History,
Vol. 1, p. 368
