Hd Qu QM Dept [Pettus] Brig
Sept 6th 1864
My darling wife,
Since the first of last week we
have been on the move – We made our start from Atlanta
on the 30th Augt, went to Jonesboro by a circuitous
route, making a day’s march of not less than thirty
five miles – the next day we were ordered back
to Atlanta and got close in neighborhood of
the city, when we were halted, with directions to
camp and be prepared to move toward Griffin by
two o’clock the following morning, as Atlanta was
to be Evacuated. The next night we camped at Mc
Donough and the following day reached Double
Cabins, six miles east of Griffin – From this point we
were ordered to advance to Lovejoy’s station and
got some four or five miles on our journey when
a courier met us, stating there was a Yankee
raid out for the purpose of destroying the wagon
trains and we must turn back and reach
Griffin that night – We remained in the town
that night and the next morning camped three
miles west of town and this morning advanced
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Charles Roberts Collection, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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