June 17^th 1864

at Kensaw Mountain        

 

      I will again write some this has been a big day so far and it is about 2 Oclock we have drove them out of their strong works again and have advanced 3 miles and are driveing them now we have been on the front line for several days but we are relieved about 3 hours ago and now are in the rear the Rebs lit out this morning before daylight it got too hot for them we had batteries planted last night up in 2 hundread yds of their works and our skirmishers got logs and got behind them and roaled them up in 20 yds of their foart so they could not fire a canon for our men and they could not hurt ours as soon as they went our Corps skirmishers lit out and Co C. 101^st / was among them they went out howling and Johhy rebs is makeing the dust fly our skirmishers have all come back safe but theire is hot work ahead now we are massing cannon on them it makes music when they let off 20 or 3 pieces at one time the shells bursting from ¾^ths of a mile to 2 miles rakeing the whole cuntry I think we will make a nice job of this yet I think Sherman knows how to do it the works they held and all around were terebly cut and scared by our bullets and shells when the timber and brush were too thick to see they established a telegrath line of men so they could see wher the shots struck and send back a little to the right or left higher or lower and pass it back to the batery so they could nock them crazy in a short time /

 

I am sorry to say our Chief of Artilery was shot dead yesterday he was laying out works on the skirmish line for the batery and telegraphing the shots but it was planted last night we have had verry little rest all week being on the front end anoyed by bullets day and night now it is about to rain again I expect little rest as long as the fighting continues but I feel well and ketch a short nap whenever I can I see all sweet has its bitter we are rejoiceing over their defeats yet some will moarn for every day I see men killed now they are diging a grave near us to bury one that got killed in front of us in the fight but this is of every day occurance I think when we get them out of this raing of mountains we will have a better chance at them Altoona Pass is the last of them this is the las rainge of the Cumberland Mountains /

 

I must tell you a little fun this week as we drove them out there was a house and some of our men was their when we passed the women was telling them how our men done it she said that a man told her that had larning she had none that Hookers Co and one other General make a streak of war meaning a line of Battle rite through her yard and had some nasty yaller canon in the door yard and spoild a brand new ash hopper she wouldent took one and a half dollars for but then youens couldent got weins out if Hookers Company haddent Flinkt them she ment Flanked them that is the way we do it until we get a crossfire then they get up and dust

 

I will send you some Isenglass this cuntry is full the roads on some of these mountains are entire of it they are a stone some flint with this stuf mixed along this was a chunk as large as a smoothing iron part of it stone and part Isenglass I believe there is gold here too and other metal if worked I will close this and if I cant mail it soon I will write some more I can perhaps tell more of the result in front of us

 

if you hante sent me any money before you get this send me 1.00 if you please

so I can get Tobacco

                                                C Morfoot

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