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thoas that had died of thair wounds in the night for thair was a barn whair they brought in 40 or 50 & after they had brought out the dead I went out and looked at them and for me unaccustomed to such sights it was horrid to see brave men shot and mangled it would make the sturnest countinance turn pale then I thought of the friends they had left to mourn thair death but none were thair to bid them a last goodby but in the roar & turmoil of battle they bid adieu to earth then. I went up to see the wounded & it would move the stoutest heart to pity to see them[?] poor fallen[?] suffering & some in the agoneys of Death it is horied. It was then we moved shortly in persute of the rebels & Tuesday night we encamped in Sight of a field that was there next day, which was yesterday, drenched in human blood on the next morning we being on Mclalens[McClellan's?] reserve Staff was fasten on a hight as such & commanding a view of the field. The roar of musketry & booming of cannon was cept [kept] up all day it was as