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March 29th 1862 Camp No. 20

My Dear Father

Your letter just now reached me and I feel very glad to hear from you again I am very well at the present time and I hope that these few lines will find you enjoying the same state of good health We have plenty of news here about the war but I suppose that you get them pretty near as soon as we do nly what takes place here with us on the 27 the we heard a tremendious firing both cannons and musketry and yesterday we got the result this fight took place with Genl Porters division and the black leged Rebels at the Chickahomany creek about 4

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Mills from Richmond it was a very hard battle our men made three heavy charges on them killing a great number but I do not know how many but our men did not care about taking any prisoners the second Maine Regt would cheer for bull run and killing all they could they took one whole Brigade of Rebels and

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near abouts as many wounded as prison this was worth that Bull Run fight at any time last saturday the 21

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Mishigan boys had a small skirmis with one whole Brigade of Rebels they killed and[crossed out] fifty and took fifty prisoners I saw some of the prisoners and also some wounded they suffered very much but our boys being to weak had to fall back with one killed and 9 wounded this little fight was very much prized I would like to see more exchanged in that way ten for one hundred at this big

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fight we can not learn how many we lost but not very many some of the Rebel prisoners said if we would take Richmond which we could easy do why we would have every thing that belongs to the Rebels their amunition and every thing else we are only 7 mile from Richmond now and we have orde[rs] to be ready to march at a moments notice with three days rations and sixty rounds of cartridges 20 rounds more than we ever had before so I think that we will have some fighting before long I [very?] sorry to hear that Henry Gross can not make one story of what he says I am thinking that the origonal one can not make one story himself unless he sees that ether that he wrote he is now in the hospital himself and he also wrote that Brother Frank was in the guard house [there?] is not so by no means I think he has more to do with others than himself

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I have heard nothing from Frank yet and I do not know how he is or where he is any more than that he was sent to the General hospital I would like to know whether you got my money or not and if you did how much you got I want you to let me know by the next letter you write to me this is all for this time but I do not want you to forget your son

Emanuel Peter

Jacob Peter