Dear Friend
I resume the pleasure of writing you a few lines once more though I have
no letter to answer as I have not got any from you for sometime but I
think there is a letter at the company for me if I was there but if
there is I will get them in a few days. I have not been with the Company
for the past five days as my health is not very good and I was sent to
this place called Camp Convalescent. I do not like to stay here if I
was able to go away for a sick man receives very poor treatment in my
estimation but I hope to soon Recover and get back to my Company &
Regiment Since I last wrote to you we have taken part in a series of
Battles we started for Petersburg on the 15th and fought Chiefly all day
arriving the enemy about threee or four miles from the place we first
found them in the morning on the 16th we again attacked them but did not
drive them So very far on the 17th we fought but little on the 18th we
charged on them twice driving them out of two lines of Rifle Pits being
the heaviest fire musketry we ever were under the 19th there was but
little musketry only by times but very heavy cannonading in all making
five days in succession that we were fighting I will give you a list of
our killed and wounded in our company killed George H. Summers wounded
Captain John A. Livingston Lieutenant James H. MIller Slightly Sergt.
William Amick Corporal Henry H. Darr Privates Henry Hillegas William H.
[--------] David L Daugherty Isaac Ream charles M. Jackson Walter E
Garlinger Jesse Geller George W. Harbaugh John S Lesher John Hillegas
David Miller and Isaac Sholl making 16 wounded and [-------] killed in
five days a fairly big loss out of our little Company and Several of them
are wounded bad George W. Harbaugh will likely loose a leg & William H.
too William M Amick also had one leg taken off and there may be some
more ......
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I hope if these few lines ever reach you they may find you enjoying the
best of health and enjoying your self as well as usual you will please
excuse my unsatisfactory letter and also bad writing & spelling and
write soon as convenient I remain very Affectionately your Friend & True
lover
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