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I send you a Morning Report of this day which will give you some idea of the Brigade--22nd Maine was raised by Col Senater Wilson and went to Hollis Hill a year ago last fall with 1200 men. 25th N.Y. was recruited principally at 5 points by the notorious Col. Kerrigan [ ] of Michigan joined our Brigade last June with nearly app men--118th Penn. [at a ?] [Compton Heights] in Sept last with 1000 [ ] this regiment [118 Maine?] had about 140 killed when we were driven across the Potomac [ ] Shepardtown, so [ ly] just after the battle of Antitum Though our regiment is put down at 352 as present strength, we have proba- bly but few if any more than 200 men fit for active duty in[ ] of battle ex- cept those detailed for trans[ ] [ ] This I judge in about a few average with the other regiments. The men in our regiment generally feel that they have done about their share of fighting and are anxious to go home and yet they all have [ ] and true, and if again called to the contest will I doubt not fully sustain. Their former reputa- lion and manifest a spirit [ ] need be, equal to that of the 300 [ ] [ ], whose memory is [dist?]