Camp 7th S C V near new market va
October the 25th 1864
Dear father one time more i hav the oppertunity
to drop you a few lines to let you no that
I am still a live and enJoying good health
hopeing When thes few lines coms to hand
they may find you enJoying the same great
blessing I received your letter of the 9th I Was
glad to hear from home and you ar all Well
amd doing Wel that is more than I can say
We hav had another big fight near Strasburg
We left camp the knight of the 19th marched all and
attacted the yankees on morning of the 20th at
day light We capturd all their pickets and
then marched in to their camps and fired in to their
tents Whether they was Sleeping We kild a great
meny of them a Sleep We drove them out of
their breast Works they Went flying all over
the country leaving every thing in camp We
drove them six or seven miles it Was a charge all
the time We captured 38 peaces of artillerry
from 1500 to too thousand prison
ers and blankets and tents enough to Suply
the army and eney thing that you can call
for every thing Went rite til after
twelve oclock We had the[m] completely routed
but to our mis fortion they got reinforcements
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[page 4?]
unkle Willaim and davids folks is geting
along and all the neighbors is geting
along and how meney has gon to the army
you sed in your letter that you Wold send me
Som socks the first chance you hav I hav got
me too pair they wil last me til you get a
chance I drawd a pair of Shoos the othe day
them that i Ware from home lasted me til
now i hav got clothe enough to do me
Bill Campbell hav got back to camp at
last he lost the Socks you Sent with him
i be live i hav rote all that i can this
time tel unkle William and D Murdoch
to rite to me I must close for the candle
is geting low nothing more at present
but remains your affectionate Son til death
D Boyd to R and hannah Boyd

PS i for got to tell you about the fight
We had on the 13 my friend B F hutchison
Was kild he Was the only one that was
kild they Was about [320?] Wounded
Jeneral conar lost a leg colonel rulls
furd Was kild that is all that no
We ear on piket to day [g??] [by?] til
you hear from me a gain