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Regiment: 1st Michigan Infantry
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Bank of the Potomac beyond Sharpsburg Md
Sept 21st 1862
Dear Florence
We have been busy fighting
marching + are a good deal used
up. We have beaten the enemy
badly taken many prisoners + stores.
We made a reconnaissance across the
Potomac yesterday all + found
the enemy in force. The 118
[ ? ]
Vols, in our Brigade suffered se-
verily. Our loss was light. One
man killed, one wounded + two
missing. I was
[ ? ] on the
shoulder with a bit of shell
but only scraped + our only
a little sore this
[ ? ].
Shine is a report that our
main army is going to Williams-
port. I send this in
great haste via Hagerstown.
Always Darling
Your
Will Byrnes
[On Envelope:]
Miss Florence Clark
Care. A. B. Clark
Yalesburg
Illinois
