woods, and are to be had for the killing.
There were some earth works thrown up
around Milledgeville, and others in course
of construction, and in the city we found
large quantities of pikes and most
ferocious looking bowie knives, but the "local
defenders" - a most stirring appeal for whom
we saw posted on the fences - were not.
The next day was Thanksgiving, and in
the evening after getting into camp we
sat around a big fire and had a jollifi-
cation such as the circumstances would
allow. It was much such a one as Mr.
Mivins had on the arrival of Mr. Pickwick
in the Fleet, a brief smoke and the remain-
der taken out in sleep. Talking of sleep, all
the palm leaf & hair mattresses in the world
are nothing to 15 miles a day as a steady
thing. Try it and see. The next day
our progress was delayed by the burning
of a bridge by a contumacious Georgian,
who, I think, will not try it again, for
we burnt his house for him. This after–
noon our cavalry in the advance had
a slight brush whi with Wheeler , but on
the approach of our infantry they cleared
out. We started the next morning, as
usual, by moon-light, and soon struck
the Johnnies again. Our brigade had