. . n werewounded. We closed theservices of the day by goingon picket; and this is howwe spent our third Fourthof July in the army. A disaster befell theSixth battery officers messthat day: A can of preparedduck had been carefullykept from the beginning ofthe campaign, in the hopethat we might celebrate theFourth of July at can was produced, andto make it more enjoyableour cook placed it on thefire to warm up, neglectingto vent the can. Soonsteam was generated, andwhile we were anxiouslyholding back our appetites,the can
. . n werewounded. We closed theservices of the day by goingon picket; and this is howwe spent our third Fourthof July in the army. A disaster befell theSixth battery officers messthat day: A can of preparedduck had been carefullykept from the beginning ofthe campaign, in the hopethat we might celebrate theFourth of July at can was produced, andto make it more enjoyableour cook placed it on thefire to warm up, neglectingto vent the can. Soonsteam was generated, andwhile we were anxiouslyholding back our appetites,the can exploded with a report like that of a twelve-pound the command was up and on the run. No one knowingthe cause of the explosion, it was presumed that one of our batterylimbers had blown up. So loud was the report that it broughtan inquiry from corps headquarters. We pocketed our disap-pointment and dined on hardtack, bacon and coffee. Toward morning we heard sounds in our front which weresymptomatic of another retreat by the enemy. The information. GEORGE W. M FADDEN,FIRST LIEUTENANT, SIXTY-FIFTH. 1864.] OUR FIRST SIGHT OF ATLANTA. 5e seen, nine miles distant, the spires of Atlanta. Thousandswent to the point of view feo get a glimpse of the promised wras like Moses, from Mount Pisgah, viewing the land of Ca-naan on the other side of Jordan. The difference was this: wegot there but Moses didnt. In the woods near the top of the hillthere was a grewsome sight. It was the body of a man, dressedin butternut, hanging by a hickory withe from a limb of a he had been dead man
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