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must prepare yourself for the | must prepare yourself for the | ||
worst I wrote to Arabine from | worst I wrote to Arabine from | ||
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| − | there the next morning for | + | there the next morning for Washington |
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next day for camp and was | next day for camp and was | ||
on the roads a week we arrived | on the roads a week we arrived | ||
at Camp on Tuesday and Friday | at Camp on Tuesday and Friday | ||
we was ordered to march at a | we was ordered to march at a | ||
| − | [ | + | [?] north we marched |
seven miles out and there we | seven miles out and there we | ||
met the enemy in a large | met the enemy in a large | ||
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Culpeper Court House Va August 14 1862
Dearest Wife I will try to compose myself to write you a few lines to let you know how we are but you must prepare yourself for the worst I wrote to Arabine from [chester[?] when I was there I left there the next morning for Washington and started from there the next day for camp and was on the roads a week we arrived at Camp on Tuesday and Friday we was ordered to march at a [?] north we marched seven miles out and there we met the enemy in a large force Saturday we had the hardest fought battle that has been fought while it lasted about two hours we had twenty three killed and wounded