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From a Craftsbury Boy. ,[Tim following toller If from u Cruiio-111 bury boy—K. S. Sitn«ndi—now in Co- 1 1C, 1 lili Michigan ltogirnent. The tot-ii*r it very Uintlly furnished u« by IC. W.I Jiiich ol West Clover.—Eu.jWiiiTKTUti,, GA.tSepi, 13.The lute grand victories can but ele-p viile the mind and spirit of every loyal 0 citizen and soldier. Atlanla is our-* a/ter a four lung months of n hard and tiresome *J compiign. The last and final struggle ® whs made on I he first and second of Sep ^ lumber. On the 2G;b of August the ll a*toll: army of the wcaI won under march u ■ng orders, and on thai night commenced 0 the grand movement which made Allan- la, arilli a good portion of Hood's army, u ours. l»ur whule army, save one corps, ^ j —the 20th—with iwtsniy day's ratious, made a move lo the right and from with the intention of severing their two lines a of railroad communication. The twenti elb carps was to fall back to the Chaim- -t hoochio and guard the railroad bridge G which we had built since crossing. This ol move cut our army loose from all com^ u munication. On the night of the 29ih bi wc struck the railroad from Atlnuta to ef Montgomery and Mobile, tearing and of burning it without molestation. While we did this the rebels thinking we had
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Irasburgh Orleans Independent Standard
Irasburg, Vermont, US
Fri, Oct 21, 1864
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