1864/12/24 Report of Lt. Col. P.B.Buckingham

From this date to the 5th of November the regiment remained in camp south of Atlanta, near the line of rebel works, and from the 3d of October to the last-named date furnished nearly one-half of the effective force of the regiment for fatigue and picket duty, the fatigue party having been engaged in building a new line of works about the city. On the 14th of September 250 men with a proper proportion of officers and non-commissioned officers, all under the charge of Capt. Ezra Sprague, were sent to accompany Colonel Le Due, chief quartermaster of the corps, on a foraging expedition, and succeeded in loading 125 wagons, having been absent two days. From the 24th of September to the 10th of November 1 was absent from the regiment, in command of the Third Brigade of this division, during which time the regiment accompanied a foraging expedition which went out under command of Colonel Dustin, then in command of this division. A detailed report of that expedition will be made by Major Pardee, who was in command of the regiment at that time and during the time of my absence. On the 5th of November the regiment moved with the division out of camp about two miles on the McDonough road and encamped for the night, and on the following day was ordered back with the division and occupied its old camp. On the 10th of November 1 returned and assumed command of the regiment, which remained in camp until the 15th.