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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry
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June 8 Tryhune Tenn
Miss Clara Dear
I received a letter from you yester
day and one some time ago and i
could not ancer it till now and I
halve to borrow pen and ink to
do it I halve left all of my things
back in Nashville and now I halve
to do as I can or byemore and they
cost a little hear to bye to a pen
and money is giting scarce to and
hard to git well I must tell you a little
fun that we had last Monday they tried
to take Franklin we had left thare
and came hear twelve miles with me
hird firing and we started for them
thare was a regiment a head of us
and so we did not
[ ? ] out eny
[ ? ]
vance nor scouts
thare was twice amberlance
a head of us and the regiment a head
[ ? ] of
[ ? ] to up and they
amberlace run in to them and
the rebles fired at them and they
came raining back and then it was
our time to go a head and we
run in among them before we
could see them they opened a fear
full sire on up the cold round
came whising and busing like
bees around their hive when
aroused then came their chears and
order to charge on up but in a
wink of an eye we sprang
from our horses and our
well tried guns to our fases
and a dredfull sound went for the
what soldiers calls making them
bit the dust meney or rider went
to the ground and some never to
a rise our horses went running
back for life then behind up
cetch them for us then the others
companys came in to the fight
they made three stands but
was hured back fare they had
time to make a charge
they lost theyre flage of
[ ? ] made of silk and golding
lace, which was
[ ? ]
staf flage and nine killed another
field and ten wounded one died
after weards, and eighteen or more
ten prisners our Co had
seven horses wounded no men
hirt bad had on killed and
two wounded one did the next
morning C K are shot in the
hand the 9 PA ban was on
the left and they had one or three
wounded we chased then or
[ ? ]
ar more and it got so dark that
we could not see them and we
left them to make their
way south 6 Key ban
[ ? ]
one wagan of
[ ? ] then
returned to us at Franklin they
had more men then we had
we fit three regiment of them
and two of us they said they new
by the sound of our gang that they
was fighting the mich devils
and they rather run then stay and
fight us, we was out yesterday and
thare was some firing the first
Tenn Calv. lost one killed and one
wounded but we did not see eny
they was a fraid to come up to
us but went the other way I must
close and bid you a good bye again my
brother sent a box thrue to you
father with two pare of brits for me
if his wife sends for them let hir take them
and two blankets that had a strap
around them and a bed tick in the last
I sent
I halve no
more
room to
write excuse
this bad
speling
write
soon from
your
love
and to
myne
Ira Graves
Clara
thare
was some
money
sent to
your father
from
[ ? ]
[ ? ]
[On Envelope:]
Miss Clara Simonds
Watrandsville
Tuscola County
Mich
