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In front of Petersbrgh Va Camp of the 20th Maine Vol August 8th 1864 Dear Mother I recid your kind letter of the 1st and was happy to hear frome you but was sorrey to hear that you bin sick I hope that the Girls wil have good health My head

is good at presant I suppose that

you have heard of our blowing up

that fort we got deafeated at

Mother we lay abought half Mill to the left [something struck] we opend the hole linkth of line the Rebels all left the fort in fron of us and was yon two hores then thay came buck and fired two shots of Canister but thay dident hirt eny one hear in our lines the rebels thought the Devel was Coming far we had ten 100 lb Morters that threw in the fort in front of us hear then we had Eight 80 lb on the left of us

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 In front of Petersbrgh Va
 Camp of the 20th Maine Vol
-August 8th 1865
+August 8th 1864
-Dear Mother I received your kind letter of the 1st and was happy to hear frome you but was sorry to hear that you bin sick I hope that the girls wil have good health  My head is good at presant I suppose that you have heard of our blowing up that fort we got deafeated [unintelligible word]  Mother we lay abought half [unintelligible word] to the left we opened the hole linkth of line the Rebels all left the fort in front of us and was [unintelligible word] two horses then thay came back and fired two shots of Canister but thay dident hirt eny one [unintelligible word] in our lines the rebels thought the Devel was Coming for we had ten 100 lb Morters that threw in the fort in front of us [unintelligible word] then we had Eight 80 lb on the left of us
+Dear Mother I recid your kind
+letter of the 1st and was happy to
+hear frome you but was sorrey to hear
+that you bin sick I hope that the
+Girls wil have good health  My head
+ is good at presant I suppose that
+you have heard of our blowing up
+ that fort we got deafeated at
+Mother we lay abought half
+Mill to the left [something struck] we opend
+the hole linkth of line the
+Rebels all left the fort in fron
+of us and was yon two hores then
+thay came buck and fired two
+shots of Canister but thay dident
+hirt eny one hear in our lines
+the rebels thought the Devel was
+Coming far we had ten 100 lb
+Morters that threw in the fort
+in front of us hear then we had
+Eight 80 lb on the left of us