On today's date, a Sunday in 1864, my great grandfather, Nathan R. Oakes, a private in the Confederate Army of Tennessee, turned 19 years of age. Having enlisted in March 1862, Pvt. Oakes served in the 32nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, in Mark P. Lowrey's Brigade, in Patrick R. Cleburne's Division. To date he has seen action at Perryville, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, and through all but the final days of the Atlanta Campaign.
Today, Great Grandfather Oakes is stationed with his regiment near East Point, along the Atlanta & LaGrange / West Point Railroad, southwest of Atlanta, which is currently under siege by Sherman's army. It is wet and rainy, and the Confederates are awaiting another attack which will develop into the Battle of Lovejoy's Station on September 2nd.
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