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�Culpeper Court House Va August 14 1862
 
�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 lchester[?] 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 [several illegible words] 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
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Dearest Wife I  
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will try to compose myself to  
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write you a few lines to let  
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you know how we are but you  
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must prepare yourself for the  
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worst I wrote to Arabine from  
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lchester[?] when I was there I left  
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there the next morning for Washin
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gton and started from there the  
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next day for camp and was  
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on the roads a week we arrived  
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at Camp on Tuesday and Friday  
 +
we was ordered to march at a  
 +
[several illegible words] 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

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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 lchester[?] when I was there I left there the next morning for Washin gton 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 [several illegible words] 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