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completely whiped he had lost
all his large ordinance ammu-
nition in the vacinity and his
strong positions around Me-
chanicsville taken [hence?] on
the night of 26th he [?]
from Mechanicsville, having
immense stores of provisions
and munitions of war.
Friday June 24th gave birth
to the mighty contest at Gaines Mill.
Genl Longstreet, with his Division
opened the battle at good light
and from early morn till two
pm. This terrible battle raged
with awful fury, our men
along the whole line charge
and charged again, successful
in nearly all the places, ex-
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