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At Getysburg  [Gettysburg]          31
 
At Getysburg  [Gettysburg]          31
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amputated below the knee
 
amputated below the knee
 
B J Clifford wounded in the face loss eye
 
B J Clifford wounded in the face loss eye
 
H Chesley in neck. B Hilton in shoulder.
 
H Chesley in neck. B Hilton in shoulder.
 
Ml Harm thumb shot off. J West arm burned
 
Ml Harm thumb shot off. J West arm burned
G Morison side slight. G J Walker knee brused. Our line was drawn in just before day and lay down on the top of the hill without taking off our harness and slept a few minutes.
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G Morison side slight. G J Walker knee brused.  
July 3rd In the morning our reb was sent from the picket-line landed, with canteen-s, he got loss looking for mates and was taken prisoner. We were maned to the right a mile and lay in reserve behind a stone wall, ready for an imergency.  There was terrific fighting thru the day but we was not called in. Thos janies we learned to brake and line but got their own brake.
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4th But little fireing thu the day. I wrote a letter to Frances,
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Our line was drawn in just before day and lay down on the top of the hill without taking off our harness and slept a few minutes.
5th We advanced in line of battle a glass the fields evereel with dead men and harnes, up to a road but saw no enemy. In the orchard by a house lay piles of loaves of bread that the rebels
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July 3rd In the morning our reb was sent from the picket-line loaded with canteens, he got loss looking for water and was taken prisoner. We were moved to the right a mile and lay in reserve behind a stone wall, ready for an imergency.  There was terrific fighting thru the day but we was not called in. Those janies [?] we learned to brake and line but got their own brake.
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4th But little fireing thu the day. I wrote a letter to Frances.
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5th We advanced in line of battle a glass the fields covered with dead men and horses, up to a [?] but saw no enemy. In the orchard by a house lay piles of loaves of bread that the rebels

Revision as of 17:59, 18 October 2017

At Getysburg [Gettysburg] 31

amputated below the knee B J Clifford wounded in the face loss eye H Chesley in neck. B Hilton in shoulder. Ml Harm thumb shot off. J West arm burned G Morison side slight. G J Walker knee brused.

Our line was drawn in just before day and lay down on the top of the hill without taking off our harness and slept a few minutes.

July 3rd In the morning our reb was sent from the picket-line loaded with canteens, he got loss looking for water and was taken prisoner. We were moved to the right a mile and lay in reserve behind a stone wall, ready for an imergency. There was terrific fighting thru the day but we was not called in. Those janies [?] we learned to brake and line but got their own brake.

4th But little fireing thu the day. I wrote a letter to Frances.

5th We advanced in line of battle a glass the fields covered with dead men and horses, up to a [?] but saw no enemy. In the orchard by a house lay piles of loaves of bread that the rebels