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Hdqrs. 110TH Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Atlanta, Ga.,
September
6, 1864
.
Captain: We left
McAfee
's,
March
13
, to go to Nashville, Tenn., to guard a wagon train
through to the front.
Arrived at Nashville, Tenn.,
March
15
, and there remained waiting for the train to be fitted out until
May
8
, when we started for the front with a train of wagons.
May
9
, had 1 man wounded by a runaway team.
May
11
, chased a party of guerrillas near
Ferguson
's plantation, between Shelbyville and Tullahoma, Tenn.
May
26
, joined the corps near Dallas, Ga. Continued with the
train until
June
26
, when we were ordered to report with command to division headquarters.
Since that time we were part of the time at division headquarters and part of the time with the train until
July
20
, when we joined the brigade.
Our lines were shelled very heavily by the rebels
August
5
.
Very near all the regiment (about ninety men) was on the skirmish line in the advance on the
7th of August
.
Our loss was 1 enlisted man killed, 16 enlisted men wounded, 3 of whom have since died.
Was on the second line of battle in the charge on the
1st of September
until near dark, when we were placed on the first line.
Loss, I enlisted man killed, 1 commissioned officer and 8 enlisted men wounded, besides 1 enlisted man wounded
by the explosion of a box of ammunition in the ordnance train.
Total casualties-2 enlisted men killed, 1 commissioned officer and 26 enlisted men wounded.