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Frank Malcom letters, 1864
1864-08-24 Page 02
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and came out on the other Side.- Another man was Shot Through the arms, one arm was amputated and it is Thought he will Lose the use of the other but Such is war, it is usless for me to attempt to discribe the one hundredth part That I See. If I did it would keep me writing all the Time. We still remain in front of Atlanta our front Line is about one & a half miles from the City and about 1/2 mile from the Enemy's first line, of Works. our line is only fifty yards from the Rebel Skirmish line: (The two Lines) are in speaking distance and the men on Picket have Some very Interesting conversations, and some of the Rebs have ventured over to our men to have a social chat, on promice That our boys would not keep them as prisoners. Our Guns have been Shelling The City continualy. The Guns in our Division have for the last week fired one Shot every fifteen minutes during the night They have also been Throwing hot Shot into Atlanta and in that way have kept The Enemy's Guns quiet and done as much damage as possible to the City. The Rebs opened on us this morning again but our 32# Parrotts Soon dryed them up
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and came out on the other Side.- Another man was Shot Through the arms, one arm was amputated and it is Thought he will Lose the use of the other but Such is war, it is usless for me to attempt to discribe the one hundredth part That I See. If I did it would keep me writing all the Time. We still remain in front of Atlanta our front Line is about one & a half miles from the City and about 1/2 mile from the Enemy's first line, of Works. our line is only fifty yards from the Rebel Skirmish line: (The two Lines) are in speaking distance and the men on Picket have Some very Interesting conversations, and some of the Rebs have ventured over to our men to have a social chat, on promice That our boys would not keep them as prisoners. Our Guns have been Shelling The City continualy. The Guns in our Division have for the last week fired one Shot every fifteen minutes during the night They have also been Throwing hot Shot into Atlanta and in that way have kept The Enemy's Guns quiet and done as much damage as possible to the City. The Rebs opened on us this morning again but our 32# Parrotts Soon dryed them up
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