July the 1864
11
Dear mother with
a sad feeling i will
tell you how i am
i feel tolably well i
have not much time
to write fore we air
escpecting a big fight
hear to night or to
morow we have bin
in line of batal all
day and ter has bin
some heavy schrim
ishing to day in a
bout 2 miles from
hear ther is a bout
eighteen hundred
men came hear
to day of hour men
and there is a
bout five thousand
of the rebs hour
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one of hour
batters keeps firing
all the while some
of hour men were
Schrimishing to day
there was one of hour
men killed in
the Ridgment last
night and three
wounded hour
lieutenant coloniel
got his horse shot
this mor just
niped a little
hour men still
come in we can
See some of the
Rebs with a spy glass
some of the men
which started fore
hear this morning
got sun struck
and seven died
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a coming about
four miles
there is one now
prett near diying
now well i
will haft to
Quit writing
fore i must go
to git in line
of battel hour
men is a giving
it to the rebs
well mother
i feel weeke and
bad maby i will
be orderd back
to the barax
i hope i will
well mother
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you send
that money
hear just as
soon as you
cain fore the
boys is all
went thear
mony thear
is a ridgment
of nigros hear
ready fore the fight
Direct that money to Major
Williams Washing
DC 151 Ridgment
From your affecinate son
to mother
Direct as before
Frealin Hood