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Regiment: 7th Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
Oct 30
I said our guns
carried a large Slug ball
with a hollow at the but
So when the powder strickers
it it swells the ball and fills
the creases and makes it
Shoot true I shot my gun
off Sunday and hit a
6 inches through
Chestnut tree. The ball
went thoug it and a board
fence & the gun kicked
me over flat on my back
and kicked me 4 times
after I fell they will Shoot
1,406!! Yds. and kill a man
There is a number of
light artillery Batteries
of Rifled Cannon, all
Brass, not far from us
They went up to the
on Monday
river and throwed shells
across into the enemys
camp and made them
scatter like shot. There is
but a few sick in camp
now. The country from W.
up here is not first rate
we traveled 25 miles without
seeing a wheat field, then
we came across a few fields
of wheat a great deal of
the way there is nothing raised
the fences are burnt up
for the wood & their hogs
& sheep killed large
orchards without any
fruit in them there is an
apple tree near our camp
about 3 feet thoug I have
seen some of the largest
corn I ever saw but its
late they just begin to
have potatoes. The soil
is as red as chalk and
dont look as though it
would raise anything
there is lots of springs here
& no wells. Our boys
killed a large hog the
other night and eat it
all up at one meal. I
must stop writing now
I don’t believe you can read
this have no ink to write
with ot ide used a pen I
want you should write as
soon as you get this and
tell all how you are getting
along with your, and all
whats a going on there.
Give my respects to all the
Boys and tell them I am having
a first rate time Good Bye
Write soon.
Cyril H. Tyler
Direct to
C.H. Tyler
Co. 9 7. Mi. Reg.
Washington D.C.
Care of pt. B.W. Love
Camp Benton
Maryland
Cyril Tyler
Esq
