. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . m the fact that we drew the first ration of whisky we had hadsince the 21st of June, whilein front of Kennesaw very many of the men inthe Thirty-seventh Indianacared much for whisky, andthat may be the reason so littlewhisky was given it. Ofcourse the usual roar of ar-tillery and rattle of musketrywas kept up. The absence ofthese would attract more at-tention then than their pres-ence. The Twenty-third had passed to the right of
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . m the fact that we drew the first ration of whisky we had hadsince the 21st of June, whilein front of Kennesaw very many of the men inthe Thirty-seventh Indianacared much for whisky, andthat may be the reason so littlewhisky was given it. Ofcourse the usual roar of ar-tillery and rattle of musketrywas kept up. The absence ofthese would attract more at-tention then than their pres-ence. The Twenty-third had passed to the right of the army on the23d. This change made the army of the Cumberlandthe left. Howards the center and Schotields the move threatened to cut off the last line of supply ofthe Confederate army—the Macon railroad. Schofield and Palmer, with the Fourteenth corps,were ordered to strike that railroad and destroy it. Onthe 2d of August our Regiment Mas appointed to theduty of train guard, and about 3 oclock that eveningw e took up our march as train guard of the corps wagontrain for Marietta, which point we reached a little after. James W. Scott. Co. Ind. INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 123 dark, and went into camp. We remained in Mariettathe 3d and took a look at the town. Marietta was thenour base of supplies, for when Johnson withdrew acrossthe Chattahoochee he destroyed the railroad bridge, anduntil it was rebuilt supplies must be taken in wagontrains. Many of the citizens of Marietta, who left itwhile the many days artillery firing at Kennesaw wasgoing on, had returned to their homes, but seemed veryunhappy, and who can blame them for it? In theevening our train was parked in an open field about amile east of town. A detailpicketed the camp, and weenjoyed a refreshing sleep onthe ground, and listened to thebooming of cannon away off atour front. Early on the morn-ing of the 4th we started forthe front, crossed the river on apontoon bridge, and arrived atour destin
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