Kingston Georgia

June 1^st 1864

 

Dear wife this evening I will write again to you we came here today from the Battle Field among the Altona Mountains our Brigade came as train guard we ar after supplyes it is about 30 miles from here to the Battle we have a hard time of it the wether is so dreadful hot I am almost used up today I have the Diarea some so I hante as stout as it neads one for this job they still are fighting yet even here we can faintly hear the canon we got the word the rebs charged our Corps 8 times yesterday but they did not break our lines our men killed 2 thousand of them it is fearful to think over the number of men kiled and wounded /

 

            the 15 Ohio was in the charge with the 49 when they wer so cut up I have not learned there loss Harrison Ball is in the 15^th I saw him once since we left Ooltawah we have not been engaged in the fight in the mountains we were train gard 3 days then we went up in the 3^d line of brestworks altho our regiment had one killed and several wounded for even there lots stray balls come we fetched a lot of prisoners along with us they say we will whip them there is desperate hard fighting the word is when they charged our men yesterday they left ther first ditches and fell back to the second the rebs came on and yelled Ft Pillow and no quarters but our canon was in position to rake the ditches / and the Infantry from another position to riddle them they say the ditches wer litteraly piled full of dead shaw I will stop for such occurrence are almost every day I dont kno how long this will last I expect for some weeks yet for I believe this will winde this Rebellion up if we cant do it now I cant see when this is the ritchest cuntry they have ther was wheet fields of 1 and 2 hundread acres our train campt in one of 200 we use all and every green thing fit for forage yesterday we passed over a large field of oats all in head and turning there is I suppose 15 hundread waggons here as soon as the carrs get enough to fill our train we will go back /

 

the 20^th army Corps teams are on the way back loaded

 

Morning May 2^ond well I had a good rest last night and feel better but still have the trots I have had but 2 nites rest for a long time every night at the front we were disturbed by the roar of canon and rattle of muskets for at night the greatest attackts are made there is some prospects of us staying here a while to garrison this post for the troups that was here pulled out this morning for the front report is we take there place I hope so here is plenty to eat and the bullets are not so plenty flying around it seams more like ben in Gods cuntry to get out of the mountains where there is something to eat I would of spent some money yesterday if I had any there was nice light cakes fresh at 50 a dozen and I had a empty haversack and belly boath but we were soon supplyed the post comisary let the boys take all they wanted of crackers and the troups here were liberal they had many questions to ask about the front I will close now and if we stay here I will write in a day or so again or if we go to the front either one of our boys is back somewhere in front he droped out when the canon roaring got close that was the last we heard of him he never has been in but once and dont intend again I think his name is Henry Clapper of bucyrus you may Direct    Kingston Georgia

            that is our nearest Railroad Point now

so Good by from         Charles Morfoot

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