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The rebs followed our men close up and so soon as our straglers got safe threw our line, and out of the way, we comensed fireing and you may imagine a perfect sheat of flames all along the east of the hill. As the rebs came up a revene I leveled on any fellow that seemed to be trying to pick a particular man from our line. About the same time my rifle cracked a ball struck my ear and head marking me like a wild pig and striping the scalp off the back of my head two inches long. About that time I thought of takeing a leav of absence for a short time and so I did. Edmun Morison went back with me to a place of safety to see how bad I was hurt, and took back some papers that was in my pocket which belonged with the company. I gave him my belt as a keep-sake and in a few days he was shot dead in action, receiving two bullets, one passing through the belt and buckle that I gave him. I went back to the division hospital