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from the shore leading to the
unprotected part of the camp
put a charge of grape on top
of ball, layed on arms ready
for the fray. They came not.
How close upon the eve
of being made heroes, cowards
or corpses! But so far as
your dear husband in con-
cerned, he has a decided pre-
dilection for the former trans-
-formation. Fate has de-
creed that neither was our
immediate lot.
I have not had any appre-
hension of an attack until
last night, and not much
then. Some few reinforce-
ments have arrived to-day,
and the fortifications are being
strengthened in anticipation of
an attack to night; so I will leave
a space for noting the events
of the night, should I not be put out
of writing condition, of which
I have no fears.
I must now tell you
our mails did not return by
the U S S Wabash, on which
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