August 6^th 1864

in front of Atlanta Georgia

 

Dear Wife again I will write a few lines to you on the paper you sent me well I can say I am yet well and harty we have moved since I wrote before that we do almost every day I will tell of the muss we had when I last wrote I had just sealed my letter and put up my things when the order came to fall in with just guns and cartrage box in a minute all were in line so Co. C H E and I wer ordered over the brestworks we went on the skirmish line which is mostly in thicket of oak and pine grubs they were haveing a fight to our right so we were ordered to charge their skirmishers to draw their attention so they would not reenforce their left we did charge and a large part had to go in a open field it was an ugly job the rebs came back / on doublequick and reenforced their lines our line got to a little creek or ditch and had to stop it was all the place we had of cover the bank being one foot higher than the ditch they had to get in some could sit and it was a soft seat some sat in mud and water 6 inches deep and had to stay their until dark our Company got through safe our other companyes got 4 wounded some of other Brigades got some kiled after dark we went back to camp we were on the 2^ond line I dont like the 2^ond line we had to do the dirty work for the firs now we we are on the 1^st line  a little to the left from where we were I have fixed a good bunk to sleep on if I can git the chance I got pine boards I will tell you how we fix things here

 

in front of our works about 2 hundread yards was one of the finest houses I ever saw / large and splended it was never built for less that 6 or 8 thousand dollars our boys pitched on it the main building had a tin roof that they toar of to roof our shantyes the outside is seild and painted and sanded and looks like grey stone this wer torn of floor and doars entirely destroyed it and marble mantles that is the way we serve all rebel houses near camp the lumber is all spoiled cut for bunks we can see in atlanta verry plane here I cant say how it is going there is much heavy fighting on the right and many storyes out some say our men have been clear around some say they got their railroad last night another is they expect a fight her this afternoon so it goes tonight is our mail time so I will hold on a while well I gues there is something up we all have to keep our cartrage boxes on and men stay close to our guns and I see 4 or 5 Regiments have goan out in front / and they are commenceing to canonade on the reb works

 

I have not time to write much as any minute we may be run out I gues they are going to try their lines this evening if nothing hapens I will write next mail if I can get the chance and paper

 

            with I say Goodby again

                                    Charles Morfoot

                                    To E Morfoot

 

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The mail has come and nothing for me if no one wont write I shant bother them with mine any more I have writen at least 2 to all our relations and got none in return so I will dry up perhaps they are not verry acceptable

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