ould be gone before morning; and sure enough,
when morning came, every word of this prophecy was verified.

Our commanders, suspecting the action of the rebels, ordered our
batteries to play freely on their works. These batteries were stationed
on the hills behind the regiment, the screaming missiles from them
passing over it, presenting, in the darkness of night, a scene of
magnificent grandeur.

In the morning, the rebels had evacuated their works, falling back for
a better position, which they never found. In this battle, the regiment
lost five, in all; the company loss being as follows: Company C, three
wounded; Company H, one wounded, and Company I, one missing. No sooner
had the rebels evacuated Resaca than our skirmishers were aware of the
fact, so that, by daylight on the 16th, we were in possession of their
works, the pursuit being taken up at an early hour.

On the evacuation of Resaca, the Third Brigade passed through it;
thence, going back nearly to Snake Creek Gap, and from that place the
division continuing along the west side of the Oostanaula river in the
direction of Rome, arrived in the vicinity on the 17th, where it met
and fought the enemy. The Eighty-sixth Illinois and Twenty-second
Indiana were the only regiments generally engaged. These two regiments
advancing on the left of the line over uneven and wooded ground, found
the enemy and attacked him, a sharp fight ensuing of about twenty
minutes in which the foe was worsted, falling back into his
intrenchments; and our troops, holding the ground, built rail
breastworks. The next morning the rebels were gone, burning the bridge
over the Oostanaula after them.

The loss of the Eighty-sixth in this battle, was, five killed and
twelve wounded, the company loss being as follows:

KILLED.

Company F 2
Company D 1
Company I 1
Company E 1
--
Total 5

WOUNDED.

Company A 3
Company H 1
Company D 4
Company F 2
Company I 2
--
Total 12

On the morning of the 18th, the Eighty-fifth Illinois crossed the river
and took possession of the village of Rome, the remainder of the
brigade following over in the evening, having to wait for the
construction of a rickety pontoon. The people were very much frightened
at the event of our entering their