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to us, & am only sorry I could not do more to make your stay agreeable.
The Regiment was enabled to do good & important service during this fight [?? inserted in text with an arrow] although we were not allowed to mingle with the rest of the army. I had a midnight order from Gen Butterfield to take possession of the signal [?] [illegible] from the Battle field [illegible] of the army. this gave [?] us enough to do, as the [illegible] was [illegible] with & broken many times a night, & communication was of the utmost importance. I was in my saddle all [underlined] the nights inspecting every inch of the line. The Regt. is in good health - never so free from sickness. Small pox entirely disappeared.