The National tribune., 1900-03-29

ing, as their farms and property had beer
greatly damaged. The march during thu
day was devoid of interest, and at o,clocf
We turned into camp at Rough and Ready
Station on the railroad.
This morning We were off at daylight anC
we came triumph2ntly up TO the suburbs
of the city, and took our place in the lines
| and are now comfortably fixed up for sc
short time. While on the march here
we were halted by Gen. Morgan, and put in
a solid mass, with stacked arms. The Gen
| eral got on q stump and read an order from
| Sherman, telling of the congratulations oi
| President Lincoln to Sherman and his army
| for the victory of Atlanta: that salutes were
| being fired from all arsenals and forts in
the country: that Gen. Grant was Saluting
! with Shotted guns bearing on the enemy III
| front of Petersburg.
| Al the close of the reading, three cheers
| We're given for Lincoln and the people of the
| United States: three cheers for Sherman
and three cheers for the grand. noble old
war-horsc. Gen. Thomas. Such incidents
as these will be memorable with us. Our
camp is on the. railroad. where the trains
run TO East Point, where is camped the
! Army of the Tennessee.
Sherman is getting "fidgety' already.
and hardly has patience TO wait until he is
off on another campaign. If it could be
arranged to have two armies. so he could
|
soon finish up the Confederacy.
His late order is for all citizens to leave The
city,, North or South, in five days. This
is hard on the people, but Sherman tells
them they helped bring on this war, and
will have TO bear their part in its hardships.
and that Atlanta is TO be q military point
entirely. The regard for Sherman in the
army here is great, and he shares with the
soldiers in the army the same ideas on
many topics of political and military mat
tcrS.
HEADQUARTERS 9STH OHIO, ATLANTA,
GA, Sept. 10, 1864.
The air is pleasant with delightful
breeZes and everything is quiet. 1t is the
first peaceful Sabbath we have spent for
four months, and we feel like enjoying il as
Christians do at home. Accordingly
proposed TO the Adjutant, with whom have
been working on official business, that we
do no work to-day. regardless of the de-
mandS of our SuperlorS, so we packed up
blanks, papers. etc, changed our clothing
BACKED up our boots for the first time for
many a day, and pronounced ourselves
done.
Last Friday we felt desire to see the
city of Atlanta; to tramp its streets and to
view the interior of the city, that was SO
familiar TO us from the outside so long.
In company with others of the regiment, we
started.
Our camp is near Fort Whitehall. and
the first object of interest was that huge
pile of red dirt. 1t is n formidable place
for defense. and has epbrasures for eight
guns: i'll front is mounted an S4-pound
siege gun, which used TO throw camp
kettles over in our camps. Near the fort
is a fine view of the country to the south and
west and the city on the east.
kcaasaw Mountain can be plainly seen,
rearing itself over the great plain of tree
tops TO the northern horizon. The city is
surrounded by chain Of forts and con
nccted with riile-pits. We soon get inside
the lines, which are occupied by troops of
the Twentieth Corps. We now see things
of great interest to lis that we have not been
familiar with for many long months. We
are now on Whitehall street, leading into
town; cottages, fine residences, with pretty
yards and gardens. surround us on every
hand. Women and children are objects Of
interest TO us, who have so long led life i'm
the woods. Passing on we find vacant
spaces occupied by troops. and batteries
planted on rising ground commanding the
city.
Many fine residences are occupied by our
officers for headquarters, and wall tents are
up in the yards in the cool shade of orna-
mental trees. With lis are throngs of blue
coats on foot and mounted, who, like our
selves. are bent on seeing the city. Not
more than one-fourth of the houses seem TO
be occupied by their owncrS. We went to
the northern part of town, and here is where
our batteries fired on the city during the
siege. We found the trees and bushes
terribly cut up at KenesaW, but the build
ings around the depot Were much more so
by our shell. found the church and some
buildings | used TO look at through the glass
from our lines, and they were all utterly
ruined; our batteries were two and quarter
miles from these buildings, vet such ac-
ctIrate shooting was seldom equaied One
large stack of an iron works was a delicate
mark 10 shoot at. but everything around it
was smashed, and many shot holes through
this chimney. At the railroad depot many
long freight trains were Just in from Chatta-
nooga, and affairs seemed lively with the
railroad men. Peach Tree and Whitehall
streets were fine thoroughfares. and may
shine again some day under Yankee prog
rcss. The center of town was crowded
with army teams, in to get rations for our
various camps. AmbulHnceS We're moving
about To the various hospitals, details II
troops marching on various duties. all
making lively and animated scene.
Out in the aristocratic part of the city are
many fine residences, in one Of which "Oid
Pap Thomas" has his headquarters. Sher-
mans headquarters are i'll the southern part
of the city. Bands of music play in the
evening, and the people will think, verify,
Sherman is King.
was shown by a boy where some of the
comrades of those on the Andrews raid
buried but could see 10 trace of graves
there now, but some of the timbers of the
scaffold still remain.
(To be continued)
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