The National tribune., 1900-10-18

Next day we skirmished with the John
nies some six miles farther on, pushed
ahead about nine miles, and camped once
more. 1t was reported that Johnston had
fallen back TO Atlanta, and it was evident
that we were manuYerlng for good posi-
tions around the city, most of our army
now being across the Chattahoochie.
We did little scouting the next few
days, making some small captures. Par
of Wheeler's cavalry were swoopins
around on our left, looking for the un
wary. They picked up some of the 9Stt
Ill. boys on the 9TH.
A TRANSFORMATION
We reached Roswell, on the bank of the
Chattahoochie, on the 9Th. A wooden fac.
tory near the village we set on fire, turn.
ing out the workers, about 200 women.
They were in great distress, for they were
thus thrown out of employment.
We were doing a good deal of marching
on foot, Nos. 4 leading horses We
marched to the river next day, and Capt.
Harris placed two of his 18th Ind. Battery
guns on the bluff and began to shell the
rebels on the other side. Our men forded
the river up TO their aTmpits and we got
across without losing Il man. We had a
bank to climb, and when we got on top
many of the boys, what with wading SO
deep and falling down because of the
loose stones at the bottom and the scram-
bling up the muddy bank, could hardly
be told from rebels, so brown were they.
We formed fer the charge, but the reb-
els had all gone. With evening we re-
turned TO the river bank and waded again,
and when we got across we were bows in
blue again. We could hear the big guns
distinctly, 16 miles away at Atlanta.
On Sunday we took up the inevitable
march again and moving to the left crossed
the ChattahOochee, going into camp 10
miles north of Atlanta. We could hear the
heavy cannonading.
HITTING THE ENEMY.
On the 18th some rebels came in and
surrendered. We had been picking them
up in small squads for several days. These
men, Kentuckians, said they were tired
of fighting and had fired their last shot
at Old Glory. They had thought they
were right, but now realized their mis-
take, and were going home, if they could
imagine they were paroled.
We marched some during the next
three days, on the 18th taking in, after
brisk fight, band of guerrillas. We
were living WELL foraging being a very
pleasant occupation.
On the 18th we crossed Chattahoochi,
River on McAfee Bridge and moved to
ward Atlanta. We guarded the left fianl
of our part of the army, and there wa.
fighting on our right.
We burned some rolling-stOck and tie.
next day on the road running between At
lanta and Augusta, Ga. We fixed thing,
up in the same old way we had founC
was the best for rendering railroad ma
terial of no further use TO the rebels.
At Stone Mountain on the 18th we ha(
brush with rebels and drove them away
We rendered some more railroad tracl
useless, burned about 1000 bales Of cot
ton and incidentally factory. Then W,
went back 10 our camp of the night be
fore feeling that we had done a good af
teri oon's work.
JoHHsToN's LAST EFFORTS.
We camped close to Decatur on tn,
evening of the Goth. There was heavy
fighting all along the line. Johnston wa!
making stubborn effort to keep Atlanta
Next evening we found ourselves some
miles south of Stone Mountain on a beau
tifUl stream called Stone Mountain
Branch Stone Mountain is nine miles il
circumference and 2,200 feet high, one OF
the grandest landmarks in the South.
a-fapd III