. . inopen country. But Hoodhad no idea of fightingthere. Having two orthree days the start, hisswift-footed soldiers sweptnorthward as far as Resacaand Dalton. A detach-ment sent to capture Alla-toona, with its vast storehouses, containing a mil-lion rations, was gallantlyrepulsed by Corse. For aweek everybody at Chatta-nooga, from generals to**mule-whackers, was ina panic. Possibly Hoodmight have taken the town,but Sherman was at hisheels and he swung awayinto northern Alabama. This will explain whywe received orders on the 18th of
. . inopen country. But Hoodhad no idea of fightingthere. Having two orthree days the start, hisswift-footed soldiers sweptnorthward as far as Resacaand Dalton. A detach-ment sent to capture Alla-toona, with its vast storehouses, containing a mil-lion rations, was gallantlyrepulsed by Corse. For aweek everybody at Chatta-nooga, from generals to**mule-whackers, was ina panic. Possibly Hoodmight have taken the town,but Sherman was at hisheels and he swung awayinto northern Alabama. This will explain whywe received orders on the 18th of October to pack up and takethe cars for Chattanooga. During the three weeks stay of theSixty fifth at Bridgeport, we had fixed ourselves in a very com-fortable camp, but we had to leave it, as we had left scores ofothers. We lay around the station, waiting for cars, all that nightand the next day till past noon. Then we got started, but creptalong so slowly that we did not reach Chattanooga until nineoclock in the evening. We bivouacked in an open space near. WILLIAM A. DILLON,MUST LIEUTENANT, SIXTY-FOURTH. 11 VTT the depot. We were ordered to march the next morning, but the ram was changed by the arrival of six hundred drafted menand recruits tor various regiments of our brigade, two hundredbeing from Ohio tor the Sixty-fourth, The Sixty-fifth gotnone, but we were told that mir detachment was on the were a fine lot of men. Half of them were old soldiers,who had served in other regiments, some for two <»r thnand had entered the held again as substitutes, receivh:hundred to a thousand dollars each. The day was spent in arm- these men and distributing them among the various com-panies. Toward evening we drew out and camped in the out-skirts of the town. The Sixty-fourth was doubled in numbersand presented a fine appt four hundred strong, when coin- id with our own weather-beaten squad of Less than twohundred. While at Chattanooga Lieutenant Chauncey Woodruff, whohad
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