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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
Union
Camp [ ? ]
First Reg. Mich Volunteers,
Company G
Jan 27 1862
M R alam
[ ? ] Bdg
it is with pleasure
I
[ ? ] my
[ ? ] down to
write you a few
[ ? ] to let
you no that i am well at
present and hope this will
find you the same
I am now on the
[ ? ]
river 5 miles south sumerset
we have had
[ ? ] a
[ ? ]
heer a week ago yesterday
they fired on our pickets
sunday morning at 6 o
clock..
They came with in
half a mile of camp
and stoped and formed
in
[ ? ] of bathe but they
did not stay thare a
grate while before they
forced pl
[ ? ] of
[ ? ]
[ ? ] hundred of our men
fought eight thousand
rebles for three quarters of
an hour by the water
and then retreated
back aways and then the
rebles shouted saying
you
[ ? ] cowards
but when our
[ ? ] was
reinfoursed and they
[ ? ]
there out within
[ ? ] ours
[ ? ] fry of the
[ ? ]
shot
[ ? ]
he being
[ ? ] of the
rebles i saved a piece of
his shirt and you take
it and keep it.. the blood
is on it.. that ran from
his hart.. i sent a peace
of his coat and shirt home
his coat was tore in more
than a hundred peaces..
the loss on our side
was about 70
[ ? ] hundred
wounded rebles killed
wounded taken prisoners
about 15 hundred..
they was seated along the
road for 4 miles to the river
[ ? ] many drownded
swiming the river
i must draw to a
close write some as you
get this five my respects
to them all..
this is from your friend
William Reed
direct to Lebanon Ky
first regt regiment Mich
ingnears Macanics Co. G
Just charge Me with
three sents.. for thare
hante a stamp within
twenty miles of here
