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��Immediately following this engagement, the Sixty-fourth was sent with the expedition for the relief of Knoxville, and marched as far as Strawberry Plains. The siege of Knoxville being raised, the regiment returned to Chat- tanooga. Here the men of the Sixty-fourth (with few exceptions) enlisted for three years more, and were sent to Ohio, with a leave of absence for thirty days.

The following is a list of officers of the field, staff and line, after the re-enlistment of the regiment :

Field and Staff— Colonel, Alex. Mcllvain ; Lieutenant Colonel, Robert C. Brown ; Major, S. L. Coulter; Adjutant, C. Woodruff; Sur- geon, A. McMahon ; Assistant Surgeon, H. P. Anderson ; Chaplain, Rev. R. CI. Thompson ; Quartermaster, Tip. S. Marvin. Captains — Samuel Neeper, Michael Keiser, W. 0. Sarr, S. M Wolff", N. K. Brown, R. S. Chamberlain, B. Graf- ton. First Lieutenants — D. C. Carr, T. H. Ehlers, a. Hall, T. E. Tilotson, J. K. Shelenbarger, T. R. Smith, F. H. Killinger, D. Cummins, J. C. Marshal, R. Albach. Second Lieutenants — John Blecker, J. D. Herbst, J. Q. Mcllvain, D. Howe, A. Hancock, J. Gr. Bittinger, L. High, A. M. Bloom, A. A. Reed.

March 14, 1864, after a month of rest and good cheer at home, the regiment again set out for the front, traveling by rail to Nashville, then marched to Chattanooga, thence to Cleve- land, Tenn., and joined Sherman's forces, pre- paratory to the Atlanta campaign. . From Cleveland, Tenn., the Sixty-fourth, with Sher- man's army, started on the Atlanta campaign. At Rock}' Face Ridge, May 9, the regiment, with the brigade and division, made an unsuccessful charge, losing seventeen killed and fifty-seven wounded. Col. Mcllvain, Lieut. Ehlers, and Sergt. Patterson, color-bearer, and Sergt. Parr, were among the killed. At this place, Lieut. Col. Brown took command of the regiment. On the night of the 12th inst., the enem}- with- drew, Sherman pursuing, and on the 14th en-

��gaged the foe at Resaca, the Sixty-fourth losing two killed and fifteen wounded. Again en- gaged him at Adairsville, Altoona, Dallas and New Hope Church, with a slight loss at each place. At Acworth, Gen. Harker assembled the field officers of his brigade and announced that he had just received a commission as Brigadier Greneral. His toast was, "To the officers and men of my command, who made me Brigadier General." At Lost Mountain, June 18, the Sixtj'-fourth had seven men wounded, and on the 27th, it participated in the unsuccessful charge on the enemy's works at Kenesaw Moun- tain, losing one killed and four wounded. Here, Clen. Harker was killed, having held his com- mission as Brigadier General less than one month. Again, at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, July 20, the regiment was engaged, with loss, Sergt. Trego being among the killed. Two days more skirmishing, with some loss, and the regiment was fortified in front of Atlanta, Ga. Here, the next month, like the preceding ten weeks, was almost one conthiuous battle. The booming of cannon was the soldier's reveille, and the shrieking of shell his evening lullaby. The whole course of the arm}- was marked b}- the graves of its fallen heroes and endless lines of fortifications. The flanking movement on Jonesboro being commenced, the Sixt^'-fourth, at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 1st of Sep- tember, reached the Macon Railroad, near Bat- tle Station ; and, following along toward Jones- boro destroying the track, until ordered to the front in the afternoon, reaching Jonesboro be- fore sunset. The regiment was immediately brought into action, meeting some loss. The day following, it met the enemy at Lovejoy Sta- tion, where Sergt. Towsley was killed and some others wounded. xVtlanta being now evacuated, the Sixty-fourth, on the 8th of September, marched back through and camped near the city. Two weeks later, the regiment left the Gate City b}- rail " for Bridgeport, Ala., thence to Whitesides, Tenn., and, two weeks later, to

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