. On wheels and how I came there; a real story for real boys and girls, giving the personal experiences and observations of a fifteen-year-old Yankee boy as soldier and prisoner in the American civil war . and marched southwest to De-catur, Ala. Here we met a small force of Confeder-ates, which we soon dislodged. Crossing the Tennes-see Kiver on pontoons, we started southeast throughthe mountains of northern Alabama toward Eome,Ga., a distance of one hundred and twenty-five miles,which, considering the heavy rains that were falling,and the condition of the roads, was accomplished in aremarkabl
. On wheels and how I came there; a real story for real boys and girls, giving the personal experiences and observations of a fifteen-year-old Yankee boy as soldier and prisoner in the American civil war . and marched southwest to De-catur, Ala. Here we met a small force of Confeder-ates, which we soon dislodged. Crossing the Tennes-see Kiver on pontoons, we started southeast throughthe mountains of northern Alabama toward Eome,Ga., a distance of one hundred and twenty-five miles,which, considering the heavy rains that were falling,and the condition of the roads, was accomplished in aremarkably short time. Several nights during this forced march we did notgo into camp until after midnight. This caused tiiesoldiers to enter strong complaints against GeneralBlair. On these wearisome night marches we wereall too tired and jaded to talk much, and, except theseoccasional outbursts of complaint, some of themin emphatic and inelegant language, nothing washeard save the steady slushing tramp and clatteringsound of the marching column, and an occasionalsharp command to close up. But on we presseduntil we reached our destinatiim, the city of Rome,which we found in possession of the Union CHAPTER Hailroad in Shermans Rear. fHE Confederates, who had evacuated Rome buta short time before we arrived there, had tlirownquantities of their stores into the Coosa River,and we found the Union troops engaged in fishingthem out. As soon as we had halted and stackedarms we joined them in the sport. Being fond of thewater, this was just to mj liking, and in one of mydives I came up with a ten-pound caddy of good to-bacco, a trophy which w^as much prized by those ofmy company wlio were users of the weed. AVe remained at Rome but one night, wlien webroke camp and continued our march southeastthrough Kingston and on to Etowah, Ga., situated onthe nortli bank of the Etowah River. Arriving thereJune 6, 1864, we found both wagon and railroadbridge destroyed. We were now i
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