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Hd. Qurs. Co. “A” 129th Regt. Ills. Vols.
In the Field Near Marietta, Ga., June 22nd 1864
My Dear Wife
Yours of 11th, mailed 13th inst., came to hand yesterday. ((Mary Culver’s letter of June 11 is missing from the Culver Collection.)) I am most happy to learn of your good health, may God ever preserve it. Since I last wrote, we have moved several miles to the right. The enemy evacuated their fortifications on Saturday night [the 18th], & on Sunday morning we commenced to move. ((Hardee’s Mud Creek line was subjected to heavy pressure on June 17-18. While Hooker threatened the front, Schofield gained the ridge between Mud and Noses Creeks, and Hardee was compelled to pull back his left. On Hardee’s right, where his Mud Creek line joined the breastworks held by Loring’s corps (formerly Polk’s), there was a salient angle enfiladed by artillery. General Johnston therefore abandoned his Mud Creek-Brush Mountain defenses and retired into the Kennesaw Mountain line. Big and Little Kennesaw Mountains were occupied by Loring’s corps, Hood’s held the high ground east of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and Hardee’s corps was on the left, its right connecting with Loring’s on the Stilesboro road and its left entrenched on the high ground commanding a branch of Noses Creek. Cox, Atlanta, pp. 101-104.)) It rained very hard, and the Streams became swollen so rapidly that it was difficult to pass them. We got into position amidst the rain about 4 P.M. and advanced our line. There was some little Skirmishing, but we moved up and fortified during the night. We had two seriously & two slightly wounded. ((Butterfield’s division followed the Lost Mountain road as it advanced on the 19th. Ward’s brigade deployed south of the road, as it pressed ahead skirmishing with the Rebel rear guard. In the day’s fighting, Colonel Case’s horse, the one given him by the regiment, was wounded. O. R., Ser. I, Vol. XXXVIII, pt. II, pp. 367, 385-386, 439; Grunert, Histon’ of the 129th Illinois, p. 76.)) It continued to rain through the night. Continue reading →
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