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October the 17th 1861. White Sulphur Springs Green Brier County, Va. Dear Sir, I take my pen in hand to drop you a few lines to let you no that I am well and in hopes these lines will find you enjoying the same health. I have no news of much importance to write to you. We have had two battles. In the battle at the cross lanes wee kill and wounded and taken prisoners about two hundred and our lost was about four kill and seventeen wounded. At the battle at gauly river we lost many man kill but seven wouned and from what we can learn the yankees lost was about twenty five hundred. They aim to charge on our batry twice or three times and wes cut them all to peaces with our artilry. They got in to a house close to our breast work and we sent a solid ball through the house and kill some of them and the others run out and we had one canon loaded with grape shot and as they come out they fired on them and kill all of them nearly. I am in the hospittle awaiting on the sick. Most [?] since i have been in the army. But i am discharge from the hospittle. All of my men is able to wait on them silves now. We have a good eal of sick ness in our regment of the camp fever. Phillip has gone on with the army. He was well and hearty the last time I saw him. I have been well ever since I have bin in service. Wee have lost six of our company. There is John Hatcher died the seventh and Joseph Hatcher the fourteenth and C. C. Lambert the thirteenth and [?] Bodman the first day all out of the same neighborhood and there is a good many of our company sick now at this place but they are all ageting better. There is Joel Mankins, Clid Mankins, Sam Smith and Joseph Smith and Charley Berkin all you no I recon. I want you to rite to me as soon as you get this letter for I want to here from you all very bad.
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Transcription | October the 17th 1861. White Sulphur Springs Green Brier County, Va. Dear Sir, I take my pen in hand to drop you a few lines to let you no that I am well and in hopes these lines will find you enjoying the same health. I have no news of much importance to write to you. We have had two battles. In the battle at the cross lanes wee kill and wounded and taken prisoners about two hundred and our lost was about four kill and seventeen wounded. At the battle at gauly river we lost many man kill but seven wouned and from what we can learn the yankees lost was about twenty five hundred. They aim to charge on our batry twice or three times and wes cut them all to peaces with our artilry. They got in to a house close to our breast work and we sent a solid ball through the house and kill some of them and the others run out and we had one canon loaded with grape shot and as they come out they fired on them and kill all of them nearly. I am in the hospittle awaiting on the sick. Most [?] since i have been in the army. But i am discharge from the hospittle. All of my men is able to wait on them silves now. We have a good eal of sick ness in our regment of the camp fever. Phillip has gone on with the army. He was well and hearty the last time I saw him. I have been well ever since I have bin in service. Wee have lost six of our company. There is John Hatcher died the seventh and Joseph Hatcher the fourteenth and C. C. Lambert the thirteenth and [?] Bodman the first day all out of the same neighborhood and there is a good many of our company sick now at this place but they are all ageting better. There is Joel Mankins, Clid Mankins, Sam Smith and Joseph Smith and Charley Berkin all you no I recon. I want you to rite to me as soon as you get this letter for I want to here from you all very bad. |
Physical Description of Original | 32 cm x 20 cm |
Medium of Original | Paper |
Collection in Repository | Chang and Eng Bunker Papers (#3761): finding aid available online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03761/ |
filename | 3761_24_p01.tif |
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