Camp near Shepardtown va
June the 18 1863

My Dear
Wife I am truly
thankful to that [ink very faded]
I am well and in the land
of the living Dear wife we
have had a nother Battel
at Winchester and to [praise?]
the help of God our [army?] is again
Crowned with victory
[??????????????????] and
all of milroys army
except a few cavaldry which
made escape with him
we got sixteen hundred horses
four hundred head of beef
[????] three hundred wagons
and all of there artilary
and any quantity of comisary
Stores such as flour bacon
Molass coffee sugar rice and
Any thing that [???????]
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I was not in the fight
my self We lost no man in
our company except that [?] lietenant
P[??] he was wounded
But not bad I hope he was
in the right thigh
we lost only four men in
[??] in the Regiment and
the loss of our [?????] was
small We got five thousand
Prisoners We are on our way
to Marylnad and a
of our army is [?????] home
we may be succesful in driving
the yankees out of Maryland
and if we can I think we
will home [free?] in
our land again
We left camp at Fredericksburg
on the morning of the 5th after
[???] and got to Winchester
on the thirteenth and comenst
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Skirmishing and skirmish with
them two days When Gen Early
drove them from the town when
our division was sent in then [there?]
[???] of the Yankees and [??]
them all But a few cavaldry
which made thare escape through
the woods when we pursued
them as far as Charelstown
My Dear wife we got
to [??????????] we [??] coffee
shugar and we will get fresh [beef?]
we will fair well as long as
the Yankees comissary lasts
well I have gave you all of
the news and I must come
to a close By asking you
to let me now here from
you soon
Nothing more only
Remains your
affect[??] husban
John Futch