. . pot where the Sixty-fifth v. • long in the summerof 1862, more than two years bel We lay at Bridgeix>rtthree weeks, most of thetime industriously d o i n gnothing. For eight ornine days after our arrivalthere was 110 communica-tion with Nashville, owingto the operations of Forrestand Wheeler. We had 110mails and but scanty sup-plies. We expected dailyto be ordered out to engageill the wearisome and un-profitable diversion ot cfcing rebel cavalry, but weescaped that bodies of troops fromShermans army pa>nort
. . pot where the Sixty-fifth v. • long in the summerof 1862, more than two years bel We lay at Bridgeix>rtthree weeks, most of thetime industriously d o i n gnothing. For eight ornine days after our arrivalthere was 110 communica-tion with Nashville, owingto the operations of Forrestand Wheeler. We had 110mails and but scanty sup-plies. We expected dailyto be ordered out to engageill the wearisome and un-profitable diversion ot cfcing rebel cavalry, but weescaped that bodies of troops fromShermans army pa>northward by rail. Therewas a great scare all alongthe line. Our brigade,only, was at two other brigades ofWagners division remainedat Chattanooga until Octo-ber 17th, when they joinedus. They made but a brief stay, however, as they returned toChattanooga the next day. Company desks and other baggage followed us from Atlantaand arrived in due time. Officers found employment for some oftheir leisure hours in making out the quarterly returns of ord~. WILLIAM WELCH,SIXTH BATTERY. Mortally wounded at Franklin, Term.,ember jbth, 1864, 6i8 GEN farkw i [October, nance and camp and garrison equipage. We also made out pay-rolls, and in October had a visit from the paymaster, for the firsttime in more than five months. Twice the camp was swept by acyclone, with a deluge of rain, that leveled many of the tents andgave pretty much everybody a baptism sufficiently copious tomake him eligible to membership in the Baptist church—provided tof course, he was in other respects qualified, which, in many cases, a little doubtful. () day a regiment of negro, sold d Bridgeport, en route for Chattanooga. They were thefirst smoked Yankees we had seen, and the boys cheered themlustily. October nth was the day of the state election in Ohio andBuckeye soldiers had their second opportunity to vote. The elec-tion board in the Sixty-fifth was composed of Captain And}llmvenstine, Lieutenan
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