Writer: William Harrison Githens Writer's location: Hospital, 4 Miles from the Chattahoochee on the road to Atlanta, GAAddressee: Wife, 7/22/1864

"Atlanta is ours" - "We had quite a number wounded in the Division and a good many sick"..." dressing wounded before sunrise-and worked til late in the day before ambulances were sent - then we loaded and sent away load after load until late in the night"..."I don't doubt that there is more rejoicing at home than here" - "the soldier soon becomes indifferent to all joys and sorrows" - Describes John McGovern's roadside grave - "How we long for the slaughter to stop"Number of pages: 4