These assaults were continued to the middle of the afternoon, and resumed once or twice still later in the day.

The enemy's losses in these unsuccessful assaults were fearful.
During that evening the enemy in Logan's front withdrew into the town.
This now left Sherman's army close up to the Confederate lines, extending from a point directly east of the city around by the north and west of it for a distance of fully ten miles; the whole of this line being intrenched, and made stronger every day they remained there.
In the latter part of July Sherman sent Stoneman to destroy the railroads to the south, about Macon.

He was then to go east and, if possible, release our prisoners about Andersonville.

There were painful stories current at the time about the great hardships these prisoners had to endure in the way of general bad treatment, in the way in which they were housed, and in the way in which they were fed.

Great sympathy was felt for them; and it was thought that even if they could be turned loose upon the country it would be a great relief to them.