July 11th 1864
Camp Nere Petersburgh va
Dear Mother and Sister it was
with plesure I received your leter
of the 3 I was glad to here that
you ar all well I am well
at present the Rebels Still
holdes Petersburgh we have
been in Camp since the 14th
of june we ar bilding a fort
Some part of our Brigade
is at worke on it all the
time day and nite it will
be a Strong plase when finished
the old 62 Redt has Blowed
out the old members has went
home there there time being
out all but 2 Co ours and
Co L there time ant out
till in August we ar
attached to the 91st Pa
the Remainder of the 62
Consisting of Cons [1] and
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vetes [2] and Recruits was tra
nsfured to 155 Pa My Address
will now be
John Hamilton
Co ‘M ‘ 91 ‘ Regt ‘ Pv
Washington ‘ D ‘ C
the wether is very warm and
dry we war Scarse of water
but we have dug welles and
got prety good water now
I Supose a Scetch of our Cam
pain would be as interesting
as eny thing else that I Can
write for you at the present
time I will try to give a kind
of a memorandum of what we have
been doing Since the 5 of May
if my Spase will admit
Memorandum
May 5th Batle in the Wildernes
May 6 do’ ‘ ‘ ‘
7 do ‘ ‘ ‘
Marched all nite to our left
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8th Batle nere Spottsilvania
Court house throwed up
workes in the evening
9th Suported Batery under fire
10th do ‘ ‘ ‘
11th do ‘ ‘ ‘
12 Charged on the Rebes
with hevey loss Wm Wason
kiled and Colonell hull and Agatent killed
Moved at nite to our lefte I
had got Struck on the foot with
Something and was very lame
13th moved to our write and
throwed up workes moved
at nite to our lefte Marching
nerly all nite despert mud
14th Sheled in front of Spott
Silvania court house
15th Rested
16th Rested till nite then
advanced our lines and
throwed up workes
17th hevey Canonading on both
Sides
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18th Some Canonading
19th we ar on pickit Some
fiting on our write
20 we ar Reserve pickit
all quiet at nite both Bros
bandes playes (the Rebs and ours)
as though they was going to
play out the war
21 Some Canonading Am
marched to our left Pm and
Continued our march on till
late at nite Crosing a small
River
22 Marched in pursuit of the
enemy Some Scermishing and Sheling
23 marched and Crosed the
North ann[a] had a nise fite
in the evening went on pick
it at nite Advanced our line
Sharp Pickit fiting at nite
Rebel line backes out
24 marched 2 miles frunt
and Stayed all nite
25 marched 4 miles and
found the enemy and Scirmished
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with them all day and went
on pickit at nite Advanc
ed our line in an open field
and dug pits a peroulous under
taking
26 Rested to nite then marc
hed to our left all nite
27 marched all day
28 marched and Crost
the Pamunca River throwed
up workes
29 Advanced and throwed
up workes Som Scirmishing
30 Advanced our forse
hevey Scirmishing
31 Scirminshing
June 1st Scirmishing and
Canonading all day hevey
fiting at Sun down
June 2nd fiting 62 in Reserves
3 Charged fiting all
day prety hevey loss
4 Reconaicience the Rebes
has left no fite
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5th Sharp SCirmish with
the Rebes we drove in there
line we marChed at nite
all nite
6th Rested
7th moved and Throwed
up workes
8th throwed up Strong work
9 Rested
10 do
11 do
12 Rested to nite then
marChed all nite to our
lefte Rested a litle in the
morning
13 Started in the morning
and Crosed the Chickaho
miny and marched out
and went on pickit till
nite then marched all
nite till nere day lite
14 marched and pased
Charles City and Stopt
on the bankes of James River
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15 Rested do
16 Crosed the James River
and took diner on the hill
Pm marched for Peters
Burgh continuing our march
long at nite a rived with
in a Respectable distence
of the town and Stopt
17th Rested nere Peters
burgh hevey Canonading
18 Batle 62 Suporting
[firit?] line Scirmshers
19 Suporting first line
of Batle
20 do at nite moved
back a mile and Rested
21 moved to our left and
went our on Scirmish
Suport at nite on pickit
22 on pickit in day time
(2 Corpse fite) at nite moved
to our left my Sheet is
foul I will Stop at present
good by Amy and Mother