Andersonville diary; escape, and list of dead, with name, company, regiment, date of death and number of grave in cemetery . g place. Latek.—Go it Billy Sherman, we arelistening and wishing you the best of success. Come right along andwe will be with you. Give em another—that was a good one. Wecouldnt be more excited if we were right in the midst of it. Hur-rah! It is now warm for the Johnnies. If we had guns- would goout and fight in their rear; surround them, as it were. Troopsgoing by to the front, and are cavalry, should think, also hear teamsters swearing away as they always
Andersonville diary; escape, and list of dead, with name, company, regiment, date of death and number of grave in cemetery . g place. Latek.—Go it Billy Sherman, we arelistening and wishing you the best of success. Come right along andwe will be with you. Give em another—that was a good one. Wecouldnt be more excited if we were right in the midst of it. Hur-rah! It is now warm for the Johnnies. If we had guns- would goout and fight in their rear; surround them, as it were. Troopsgoing by to the front, and are cavalry, should think, also hear teamsters swearing away as they always do. Later.—It isnow long after dark and we have a good fire. Fighting has partiallysubsided up the river, but of course we dont know whether Yankeetroops have crossed the river or not. Great deal of travel on theroad, but can hardly tell v,iiich way they are going. Occasional fir-ing. No sleep for us to-night. In the morning shall go out to theroad and see how things look. Every little while when the battleraged the loudest, all of us three would hurrah as if mad, but weaint mad a bit; are tickled most to 154 THE STARS AND STRIPES. SAFE AND SOUND. ONCE MORE SEE THE OLD FLAG AND THE BOYS IN BLUE—MR. KIM-BALL AND MRS. DICKINSON RECOMPENSED—FIND THE NINTHMICHIGAN CAVALRY—INTERVIEWED BY GENl KILPATRICK—ALLRIGHT AT LAST. Dec. 28.—It is not yet daylight in the morning, and are anxiouslyawaiting the hour to arrive when we may go out to the road. Slepthardly any during the night. More or less fighting all night, andcould hear an army go by toward Savannah, also some shouttng di-rectl}^ opposite us. Between the hours of about twelve and threeall was quiet, and then again more travel. We conjecture that therebel army has retreated or been driven back, and that the Yankeesare now passing along following them up. Shall go out about nineoclock. Later.—Are eating breakfast before starting out to libertyand safety. Must be very careful now and make no mistake. If we
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