Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-06-03

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LETTERS FROM THE 4sTH REG. owl.
The following letter written to .. Selvey, of
Townsend, has beeu handed ',s for publication:
NEAR KINesroN, Ga., May 20. 1864.
I ORLiN SELvEY Most esteemed Uncle:
/ have neglected writing a good while, and
will now chat little with you. For the
last 20 days we have been very busy and
hardly day has passed but what the 49th
regiment has been under fire. We left
Cleveland, East Tennessee, about the first
of MAY, and We had not gone far before we
came up with the enemy, who began to
give way slowly as we advanced, and fight
ing as they went back. They made short
stand at Tunnel Hill, but being flanked by
the Sd division of our corps, they were
compelled to fall back to Buzzard Roost
Gap and Stony face Mountain, (Stony-face
is TOO fl. highI which is one of the strong
est natural positions | ever saw. They
stood there two days, and there was some
hard fighting during that time. We made
a charge on Stony-face Mountain, and went
within 20 or 80 rods of the top, but could
90 no farther on account of a very steep
and high ledge of rocks, but we held the
position.
Our forces made a flank movement to
get to Dalton, and the enemy were com
PEELED to give up their strong hold with
out much resistance, and we followed them
up very closely to Dalton, and from there
to Reseca, where they made stand.-
They had very strong position and were
strongly fortified. We carried some of
their works by storm, and would the rest,
if they had stayed one day longed. But
after the second days fight they evacuated
in the night, after making desperate
charge lat IL o'clock at night on our lines,
and got handsomely repulsed with heavy
loss to themselves. Our loss in the charge
was small, for during the fore part Of the
night we had thrown up temporary breast
works, and the men had not quite finished
covering them with dirt, when the attack
was made. But it made good protection
for our men from the lead which they sent
us. The moon had just gone down when
they made the charge and when they open
ed fire II looked like one blaze of fire the
whole length of their lines. 1t WAS the
heaviest musketry firing have ever heard.
The next morning at daylight we found
their works evacuated, and Immediately
pursued them to the town of Resaca, where
we halted two hours and the Generals held
consultation for future movements
There was Generals Sherman, Mcpherson,
Hooker and Thomas: the last three are
leading columns. Then there were the
corps commanders, division and brigade
commanders, too numerous to mention.-
After hating for two or three hours, we
pursued them and have been skirmishing
with them every day since; there has been
good many prisoners taken every day.
1t was said they would make stand
here, and last night we had very hard
skirmish with them, and TODAY we are ~
ing in camp The enemy do not appear to
be in our immediate front, but there has
been heavy cannonading both to our left
and right to-day The opinion in camp is
that they have changed their direction OF
retreat, and are moving into North Caro-
lima. (The army strength here enumerated,
we omit-ED. Jour.
Company F, has wounded, in all our
fighting up to this time the following
Lieut. E. Half. slight, in left knee.
Oliver Wilson, IN thigh, severe.
Henry II. Beebe, in thigh and hand, severe.
James Stocking. head, slight.
Henry c. Heller, (Fremont,) hand, severe.
o. June, hand, slight.
Gen. Which was wounded in shoulder,
severe, at Reseca; Col Gibson has conf
mand of the brigade. Our loss is estima'
ted at 10000 in all, $50 said by the Off
GERS while at Reseca.) None of the com
missioned officers of our regiment were
hurt but Half. l don't know the casual
ties of the regiment, but it is light.
Yours. MYRoN SWEET.