p.

I shall send it most all
home. I got a letter from
Charles Oct 2d.. the same day
that I got yours we left
Camp Lyon Sept 3d.. Crost
the river in to Virgina
where we now remain. we
built a Fort & it is named
Fort Masey they built
another one on the hill Sou-
th of us it is Fort Ethan
Allen it is a big one.
We marched up to Lewins Vill
Sept 11th with 2 or 3 other
Regts. & Some Cavelery with
5 or 6 pieces of Artilery in
order to survey the groun-
ds. after this we got our
Forces to gether & just st-
arted as the rebels at the
right with 3 Guns threw
shells in ahead in order to
cut of our march So to
Charge on us in the rear

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but we marched on tord
Camp there Shells having
but little efect as they
went over one strke in
Co. O. killing 2 mens or 6 men
slightly wounded but
our batteries come to bair
on them one piece was a
32 pounder Brass piece that
done the buisness it threw
one Shell on Ball that
dismounted one of the rebels
guns & silenced there battery
I gess for they spicked the-
re guns and left and throwing
2 or 3 shells in to the appro-
aching Cavelery and the
remanders of them left
then we kept on to Camp
meating renforcements.
you have seen an acount
of this in the papers I
supose. our forces loss wass
small while that of the