Brigade Hospital
May 14 1864
Dear ma
as I have the chance of sending
a letter off I will Drop you
afew lines to let you know how
the fight has come out So far
we have given the yankis
the worst whiping they have
Ever had in all this war
and it is not over with yet
Oald Grant Says that he
will go to Richmond if he
dont get thair with but a
thousand men the yankies
charged us 14 times last thursday
and we Repulcd them Every
time they were all Drunk
and rite in front of
our Brigade thair is
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more dead yankies than
we have got men in oure
Brigade we Just killed them
up like any thing our men
was in Brest works and we
did not lose very many
thay air moving down to
wards Fredericksburg and
thair thay will get all
Sorts of awhiping Oald
Burnsides has got 40 thousand
negros to fight us with and
thay air going to get whipt
our men air in good Spir[it]s
and feel confident that we
will whip them all Back
they Seeam to think that this
is the last fight if we air
Sucsesful in whiping them
and I hope we will
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this is the 11th day we have
bine fighting I am geting on
very well at this time and
I am going to the Regt in
afew days and try them
again write Soon and
give me all the Nuse
Give my Respects to all
Nothing more at Preasent
Only I Still Remain yourse
as Ever
John A. Everett