That night our Division was in Mill–
edgeville. The next morning, the cold
still being intense we marched into the
City. We entered it at noon, just as
Sherman reached it, & paid him a march –
ing salute as we passed through. The
Stars & Stripes waved over the topmost
spire of the State-house, and we wished
you at home might know of it as
you gave thanks on the morrow . We
had marched over 100 miles in 7 days,
good walking for men who like Eneas
carry their household gods upon their backs.
That is, the men do, as for the officers, since
we left Atlanta we have had one pack
mules for us two, Crownie & myself. The
country is full of horses & mules, and each
company is allowed one charger, subject of course
to impressment, by the Q.M. Department, if
that should become necessary. We live
sumptuously, chickens, turkies, &c ad libitum
while pork & sweet potatoes are really without
number. The men have lived principally on
these latter articles during the campaign,
though for the last 75 miles their scarcity
compelled an issue of rations. Of beef too,
there has always been an abundance, and
each division has had its drove following
it. The pigs run wild in the would