Wednesday, December 14, 1864, in camp outside Savannah

We remained in camp all day and the cannonadeing was kept up as usual but seems to be down the river from us and I suppose it is our fleet Shelling the city. We got the news of the capture of Fort McAllister on the Ogechee river and that we could now write our friends, as that opened communication. I did not learn what our loss was but our men charged the fort from the land side carrying it by storm captureing the entire Garrison. This marked the thirty second day Since we left Kingston and Seventy one since we started north from Atlanta, since which we have been moving continuously and we have surely done a big work. We have cut the Confederacy in twain and destroyed the crops in the richest part of their country so as to cut off their supplies and now we are beseigeing one of their principle Seaport cities.

1. Miller writes that “we have surely done a big work.” What do you think this means?