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in the event of a repulse, and | in the event of a repulse, and | ||
nothing ? to help, would have | nothing ? to help, would have | ||
| − | been a task ? have to | + | been a task ? other to |
| + | ? to the entire [satisfaction?] | ||
| + | of all parties. The day before the | ||
| + | River was to have been crossed | ||
| + | news came of the surrender | ||
| + | of Vicksburg, & the army was | ||
| + | forced to retreat, being in a | ||
| + | position to be cut off, to Jackson | ||
| + | which had a good [?] [?] | ||
| + | [?] [?] [north?] of it [?] | ||
| + | entrenchments [as?] fortifications. | ||
| + | After shooting [?], & | ||
| + | being shot at for several | ||
| + | days the army withdrew | ||
| + | to this point where it | ||
| + | will [remain?] no one knows | ||
| + | [how?] [long?] | ||
| + | at present. The yankees are | ||
| + | about to attack Mobile or | ||
| + | did, & Rosecrans Spring advance | ||
| + | into [G. a.?] Gen. Lee's march | ||
| + | into Pennsylvania was most | ||
| + | ridiculous & hurtful. It | ||
| + | has shown our weakness | ||
| + | was really the cause of | ||
| + | losing Vicksburg for men | ||
| + | were sent [in?], [who ought?] | ||
| + | |||
| + | to have been sent here at | ||
| + | least 2 months ago. It was [an?] | ||
| + | absurd & [after?] the campaign | ||
| + | of [last fall?] in Maryland our | ||
| + | [? ? ? ?]. I do | ||
| + | not know if your Uncle Dick thought | ||
| + | the invasion a good & proper | ||
| + | [ruse?], but if he did he is | ||
| + | as fit for a [L?] [Genl?] as is | ||
| + | John Brown to run a | ||
| + | [fan?] in this climate | ||
| + | [&?] you will I hope take | ||
| + | pains to let Cousin Lysinka & | ||
| + | her friends, as well as the | ||
| + | General himself know. | ||
| + | If Charleston, Mobile, and | ||
| + | Richmond should be taken, | ||
| + | & our armies ? | ||
| + | to retreat the persistant, | ||
| + | ladies would ? be confined | ||
| + | to ??? small | ||
| + | ?? The people | ||
| + | of this state who were | ||
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Camp near Morton, Miss. July 23d 1863 Dear Lizzy,
In our [?] of the ? ?, & disturbance generally not answered a long letter you wrote a few weeks ago. ? a letter written since later July 3, but which I gave? up towards the Big Black River
from Vicksburg to to believe the place that
is with about 2 ? men to defeat an intrenched ? of not less than 78 - and by me alone ? ? ..regretable writing? country? with roads blockaded to attack our army in ? ? with the ? Black in ? but a short distance, & but a ? ? about 8 or 10 feet wide to cross the whole army on in the event of a repulse, and nothing ? to help, would have been a task ? other to ? to the entire [satisfaction?] of all parties. The day before the River was to have been crossed news came of the surrender of Vicksburg, & the army was forced to retreat, being in a position to be cut off, to Jackson which had a good [?] [?] [?] [?] [north?] of it [?] entrenchments [as?] fortifications. After shooting [?], & being shot at for several days the army withdrew to this point where it will [remain?] no one knows [how?] [long?] at present. The yankees are about to attack Mobile or did, & Rosecrans Spring advance into [G. a.?] Gen. Lee's march into Pennsylvania was most ridiculous & hurtful. It has shown our weakness was really the cause of losing Vicksburg for men were sent [in?], [who ought?]
to have been sent here at least 2 months ago. It was [an?] absurd & [after?] the campaign of [last fall?] in Maryland our [? ? ? ?]. I do not know if your Uncle Dick thought the invasion a good & proper [ruse?], but if he did he is as fit for a [L?] [Genl?] as is John Brown to run a [fan?] in this climate [&?] you will I hope take pains to let Cousin Lysinka & her friends, as well as the General himself know. If Charleston, Mobile, and Richmond should be taken, & our armies ? to retreat the persistant, ladies would ? be confined to ??? small ?? The people of this state who were
