Boyd58
Linchburg va General hospital No.3
May the 24 1864 Dear father
i sete my self this morning for
thee perpose of riting you a few
lines to let you now that I
am in good health but I am
wonded thee ball went in close
to my back bone an came out
just abov my hip bone it is
a flesh wond it did not gow
to my insids my wond is doo
ing very well I was wonded
thee sixt of this month
I hav not herd from brother
Danel since thee seventh
of this month Thair was five
wonded thee first day we was
in thee fight Liutinant car
lile Liutenant Davis B M [1]
camel Lockage T C milford [2]
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was wonded an Died thee
next day I canot Tell you
mutch about thee fight I hav
not herd mutch about thee
fight since I left I get very
litel news from thee army
I think I will get A furlow
as soon as thee bord meets
they ar gowing to meate
in A few days I have met
with som of my old fri
nds James Blanchet John
Blanchet William Camel
Thay ar all wonded Whit
Macury is her sick I herd
that Caton Milford was
kild Sow Nothing more
at present But remains yore
r son untill deth A ndre
w Boid to Robert Boid
you nead not rit to mee [3]
till I rit again To you
- Lt. Banister A. Davis and Pvt. Benjamin M.Campbell
- Pvts. William L. Lochridge and T. C. Melford
- This letter is in a different hand than Andrew Boyd’s other letters and was written for him by someone else. Andrew Boyd died on May 30, six days later.
