Page:Journal history of the Twenty-ninth Ohio veteran volunteers, 1861-1865.djvu/163

 In December of the same year we re-enlisted, and during the winter we prepared for a vigorous and active campaign in the early spring of 1864. On May 3d, we left Bridgeport, Alabama, on the Georgia campaign, passing around Lookout Mountain, Rossville, and Crawfish springs. On May 8th, the Twenty-ninth regiment took an active part in the battle of Dug Gap, Georgia, where it distinguished itself for bravery unparalleled in modern history; every fourth man was killed or wounded. We moved on to Resaca, and in the fight of the 14th our loss was light. We moved on to Calhoun, Adairsville, Kingston, and Cassville on May 21st. In the battle of Pumpkin Vine Creek (or Dallas) from May 25th to the 28th, we met with some loss. In the battle of Pine Knob on June 15th, the Twenty-ninth suffered severe loss. Many of its brave heroes, whose valor will ever be held in memory by every survivor of the Twenty-ninth regiment, were killed. The battles of Lost and Kenesaw Mountain were on June 20th and 27th, and we advanced to the Chattahoochie river, via Marietta, Georgia, and then to the battle of Peach Tree Creek.

The Georgia campaign, from May 8th until the evacuation of Atlanta on September 2, 1864, a period of four months, was one continuous battle. The marching through Georgia was a glorious achievement, and will ever be recorded as one of the most brilliant feats in this or any other war. In Sherman's grand march to the sea and the siege and capture of Savannah, Georgia, the Twenty-ninth did its full share. It was engaged from December 10th to the 21st, when it entered the city of Savannah. On January 27, 1865, we moved on the campaign through the Carolinas, and were engaged in the following battles, and skirmishes of this campaign;