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                                                                                             Camp    July 2  62 

Dear Edward

                   I have just received your letter

written the 27. I was more than glad to hear

from you and that every thing is write

in the neighborhood. You have written 3 letters

but I have not received but too one [Georg Gish?]

brought and this one and I beg to be excused

for not answering the first but I could not

do so any more. But you no how soulders have

to do. I am writing now in the rain on a

dirty plank but you must look over the dirt and

bad ink for it is out [?]. I must

now tell you something bout my escape

in the fight. the balls and [bumes?] and [grape?]

and canister wer just as thick round me

as a snow [sqall?] you have sean come from

the north but I fraid to be spared

and I was. then boat fights but our little

company sufered powerfuly. I have just counted

thirty wounded in our company and onley [?]

in forty one rank and file mr mury kiled

in the erly part of ingagement and Rohart Phillips

in the latter. I went and saw them boath.

I staid on the friday night and saturday night.

I was detailed to pick up armes and I went

all over the field and I never saw such a

site in all my life. the yankees are piled in

some plases and whare we [?] we [buried?] some

to keep them from smelling and put seven on

one pile and covered them up but I had no

hand in that. I was just looking on. we had

plenty time to of [buried?] them all but lots wernt

[buried?] at all. I could have gotten any thing

I wanted but I had no way to carry things

and didn't get any thin but and old ones

coat and some old letters. it sertenly beats

any thing in the way of a fight that ever has

bin or ever will be. our regment is about the sise of

our company when all together our brigade isent

as large as our regment yours to be. I think we

have lost 60 persent or more of our regment. it

is not worth while for me to tell hoo is

wonded for you will hear before this comes to

hand. it wod do mee good to my hart if I

could tell and explain to you what I have saw

but it is too much for tongue to to tell. I

suffered very much for water. the wonded wod ask

me for water and I gave the drop I

had an wod do that any time. the regment

is fiting yet what is left. I fell out last

sunday night and got to my camp whare the

cooks wer and the doctor [excused?] me and I

dont no when I will find it. I look for it to

come in tomorrow. I dont think the fight will last

last much longer for I think we will bring

in Mc clelen shortley and then I think we will

have a weak or tooe's rest. I am black and tuff shore

and pear as a snake. my mus tash is groing fine 1/2 inch long.