Anthony W. Ross Civil War Letter Regarding Skirmishes in Georgia

              [corresponds to page 1 of Ross Letter dated 1864 May 21] 
Camp Near Kingston georgia May 21st 1864 
Dear girl I seat my self once more to drop you 
a few lines to let you know that we are well 
and I hope this may find you the same 
we left lookout valley may 2 earley in the morning and 
marched some 15 miles to gordens mills passing over the 
Bloody Battle field of chickamanga here we passed 
thousands of graves scatterd promiscuously over the 
ground whare ever they fell the timber showed the 
severety of the battle for it was tore all to pieces 
with cannon Balls and musket shot and what 
timber was not shot down was nearley all dead 
I saw 4 large trees shot down with in 2 Rods 
of each other well the 3rd day we laid still at 
gordens mills 4th day we marched some 10 miles to 
within 3 miles of Ringold it being on our left 5th we 
lay here 6th we marched some 6 miles off to the right 7th 
we marched some 16 miles crossing taylors Ridge and comeing 
within some 8 miles of Dalton 8th we marched with our 
Briggade east 4 miles and formed a junction with the 14th 
corps here we scremished from noon untill night driving 
in the Rebs some distance perhaps 1 mile in to the gap which 
is called Buzzard Roost all the afternoon we heard 
heavey cannonading off to our right for gearry had 
mooved some 6 miles to the South of us and was fighting them 
at a gap in the mountain here he lost some 400 men it 
was the first Briggade of the Seccond Division 11th corps now 
in Seccond Division of 20th corps we was Relieved at dark and