. . ithful officer,and up to that time had shared all the fortunes of our battery. Mis death ncerely mourned by all his com-rades, not only of the bat-ten but those of the Sixtyfourth and Sixty-fifth, bywhom he was well knownand esteemed. The com-mand of the battery de-volved upon LieutenantAaron P. Baldwin, a mostefficient and energetic offi-cer. The vacancy in therank of first lieutenant wasrilled by the promotion ofSecond Lieutenant GeorgeW. James. Sergeant GeorgeR, Wright was promoted tosecond lieutenant. The soldiers had a gen-e
. . ithful officer,and up to that time had shared all the fortunes of our battery. Mis death ncerely mourned by all his com-rades, not only of the bat-ten but those of the Sixtyfourth and Sixty-fifth, bywhom he was well knownand esteemed. The com-mand of the battery de-volved upon LieutenantAaron P. Baldwin, a mostefficient and energetic offi-cer. The vacancy in therank of first lieutenant wasrilled by the promotion ofSecond Lieutenant GeorgeW. James. Sergeant GeorgeR, Wright was promoted tosecond lieutenant. The soldiers had a gen-eral washing of persons andclothing. There were fewamong officers or men whohad the luxury of twoshirts. While their cleansed undergarments were drying, theywent without any. It goes without saying that graybac Iwere plentiful. At daylight on the 9th we were aroused and ordered to marchat once, leaving behind tents and knapsacks. The informationwas vouchsafed that we would probably be absent two or threedays, but beyond this we knew nothing. We imagined it to I. AUGUSTUS NEOLTNI K,FIRST SERGEANT, COMPANY ft,FOURTH. 1864] THE CK -H TO ROSWI 571 wild goose chase, and such it proved to be. With sixty roundsof ammunition, we ^ot off at six at a lively gait As the day advanced the heat became almost intolerable. A number ofmen in the brigade were prostrated by sunstroke, two or threefatally. About the middle of the afternoon we reached the toof Roswell, on the Chattahoochee. Here had been three Lacotton and woolen factories, employed to their fullest capacity inmanufacturing cloth for the Confederate army. Nearly a thousandoperatives, chiefly youngwomen, had been their occupation wasgone, for the mills had 1>burned by the Union cav-alry, two or three days be-fore our arrival. The townwas full o f the hadnt seen so manyskirls since we left Ohio, andof course the sight—it mat-tered little whether theywere pretty or not—startedthe boys to cheering. Thosev o
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