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To fortify near the City of Atlanta for fear of destroying the place  So I Suppose the next Grand Rally will be nine miles beyond at Pine Mountains whare the rebs are going to make annother Stand.  during our march on Saturday Last we passed Through The Rebel Works on the South Side of Kennessaw Mt.  I never Seen anything to equal it in my life  the timber & underbush for about five miles was all cut off Smooth by our Canon & musket balls,  Some of the dead rebels were yet unburried & in fact the whole battle'field was a graveyard. The Officers all Say that They have not seen as good fortifications an as good a position for defense Since they have been in the Service,  I am told that General Sherman Said give him as good a natural position and the same advantages that the rebels had there, and he would not be afraid to meet the Whole Rebel Army Combined.  this goes to confirm which we have been hearing all Summer, that the Enemy is becoming demoralized and will not fight, if they can help it.  it is only a fiew leading men of the South that is Keeping up the war  they Know they are ruined and are now trying to bring the North as near on a level with the South as posible. 
We passed Through Marietta on Saturday Evening it is a beautiful Town almost as Large as Fort Madison,  it almost made me homesick to pass Through So nice a place and not be allowed to stop & rest.  The buildings are not as fine as we have in the north but they are great for shrubbery.  I never Saw anything to equal Some of the Parks & Yards of the old Cecesh. but it does not do them much good now  the most of them have gon South & our Officers are Enjoying the fruits of there labor. or rather the labor of there Slaves for they were all of them Slave holders, I am told that Some of the nih

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To fortify near the City of Atlanta for fear of destroying the place So I Suppose the next Grand Rally will be nine miles beyond at Pine Mountains whare the rebs are going to make annother Stand. during our march on Saturday Last we passed Through The Rebel Works on the South Side of Kennessaw Mt. I never Seen anything to equal it in my life the timber & underbush for about five miles was all cut off Smooth by our Canon & musket balls, Some of the dead rebels were yet unburried & in fact the whole battle'field was a graveyard. The Officers all Say that They have not seen as good fortifications an as good a position for defense Since they have been in the Service, I am told that General Sherman Said give him as good a natural position and the same advantages that the rebels had there, and he would not be afraid to meet the Whole Rebel Army Combined. this goes to confirm which we have been hearing all Summer, that the Enemy is becoming demoralized and will not fight, if they can help it. it is only a fiew leading men of the South that is Keeping up the war they Know they are ruined and are now trying to bring the North as near on a level with the South as posible. We passed Through Marietta on Saturday Evening it is a beautiful Town almost as Large as Fort Madison, it almost made me homesick to pass Through So nice a place and not be allowed to stop & rest. The buildings are not as fine as we have in the north but they are great for shrubbery. I never Saw anything to equal Some of the Parks & Yards of the old Cecesh. but it does not do them much good now the most of them have gon South & our Officers are Enjoying the fruits of there labor. or rather the labor of there Slaves for they were all of them Slave holders, I am told that Some of the nih