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From CAPT James B. Long, Company “C,” 34th Tennessee Regiment, Tyler’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee, to a close lady friend, Eliza Alexander of Atlanta, Georgia, dated Aug 24 1864.
I am well. I don’t think you are likely to be troubled any more right soon by the visitation of the Yankee’s shells. They seem to have fallen back already, but I don’t know how far they will go. I assure you that nothing would afford me more pleasure than to be at your house and with you today. My heart yearns for an agreeable companion. I feel as it I was shut up in some dark dungeon with not a single ray of hope or spark of day to shine upon me. Now if I was in Atlanta, these dark clouds would be dispelled. The bolt drawn from the door of the prison [is] over my sad heart … I am not there, nor do I know when I can be …
The 34th TN participated in the Atlanta Campaign.
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NASHVILLE, August 24, 1863–12.30 p.m.
General ROSECRANS:
Morgan arrived at Columbia yesterday morning with one brigade, via Shelbyville and Farmington, and will at once go to work on Duck River railroad bridge. McCook’s brigade is putting up bridges from Franklin to Duck River. I must have all the pioneers belonging to the Reserve Corps. There is much heavy work on this road.
G. GRANGER,
Major-General.
O.R.– SERIES I–VOLUME XXX/3 [S# 52]
CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH ALABAMA, AND NORTH GEORGIA, FROM AUGUST 11, 1863, TO OCTOBER 19, 1863.–UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.(*)–#7
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