The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-06-23
Letter from the Ist Ohio.
KINGSTON, CAss COUNTY, GEO.
June 9Th, 1864.

ten you earlier than this, but the alb.
scncc Of every part Of myself from the
front. is my sole and only excuse for de
reelection Of duty. | was with my
company and regiment at Tunnel Hill
Buzzard's s Roost, Rocky Face Ridge
and Resacca, when, considering that
the campaign was likely to last day
and night for several weeks, / was Ia
ken with paipitation of the heart,
brought on by violent nervous ercite-
ment. Shortly afterwards / became
severely wounded, in the crasc, the ef-
fects of which will in all likelihood
confnc me to q bed in the rear until
"pickcd up by the Provost Guard
At any rate nm now at Kingston, q
little, old, dried-up, sccdy town which
might have contained in its palmy
days POI inhabitants, but which now
is tenanted only by men in Govern
ment service, few half-starved house
dogs and several refugee families, who
have braved the yankee atrocities y
promised them by the chivalry, and
now enjoy their regular meals at gov
ernmental expense. Speaking Of ref
ugces reminds me that in all the
towns and villages we have passed
through since the grand advance Of
Sherman in the early part Of May, not
one able bodied niger was left behind
by the valorous, high-toncd represen
tatives of confederate dynastics, but
in their bondsmcns stead their OWL
starving wives and helpless children
Chivalry evidently had faith in Yankee
humanity, or, on the other hand
sought to save their most raludJl
possessions from the invader, an(
therefore saved their "woolies."
Our army has gained possession
since the grand advance, by supcrio
strategetical moves, by hard fghtin!
and sturdy iron will, of the Tunne
Hill Notifications; of Rocky Fac
: Ridge, an elevation 400 yards higl
perfectly insurmountable on its tw
sides, and one flank; of Buzzard
Roost where no more than column b,
| company could march in battle lint
l and where an artificial dyke was form
ed to wash our forces into the mouth
., of batteries thicllly planted ; of Daltor
{ Rome, Adairsvillc, Calhoun, Resacc;
4 Kingston, Cassvillc, Cartcrsvillc, an
S Stilcsboro, and Col. Hambright, 79t
+ Penn. commanding this post, has ju:
, received verbal information from tn
T. front that we now have possession {
: Marietta, and that the iron horse ca
90 snorting and prancing on his wa
ID miles further on towards the "la'
G ditch" of Johnson's army, carryin
!. civilization in the shape ofpowder an
/ ball to rcbcllions hosts, and hard tacl
q meat and coffee to the boys in arm
blue. We now "occupy, hold and pos
scss" more of the Contederacys rail
: roads than they themselves. Dalto
J., is 40 miles south of Chattanooga, Re
sacca G1 miles, Cassville so miles, Ma
rietta 1O2 miles south---thC latter tn
left of our line, Dallas our right, ma
= king the average distance of our arm
from Atlanta IA miles! We hav
c passed the most easily dofcndcd POI
:. ton of the chemy's country, hav
: crossed the Oostenaula, Catoose an
c Etowah rivers, have fankod and stor
: med the fortilications erected by bot
j nature and art, and now stand read
. to strike the death-blow to rebellion j
1 this department. For all Of whic
: give thanks and heartfelt praise to th
c brave men, dead and living,-rho dl
5 the uork. Gen. Grant is not e&actl
! here in person, but his "brains' arr
d in the person of Gen. W. T. Sherman
C AS Basil Duke rdS to John Morgan S
: was w. n. Sherman TO U. S. G,-onl
! on a higher scale and more cxtendc
:. field Of action.
r We have now clear field almos
for seige operations, but what move
$ on the tupis no one can guess, althoug
- grapevine dispatches are regaled I
4 the rear hourly, with the addenda mai
urally accumulating thereto.
n Kingston is at present the base
e supplies for the army and here
= where the siqlS and wounded al
! brought to, preparatory to being sen
= North. Many car loads have left her
= and | have seen many familiar lace
among the unfortunates. Wood 5 y
vision of the 4th corps under Howar
\ has suffered terribly, and Hazen
- brigade of the Division moro so tha