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I do not profess to have envi
-able discriptive powers. yet in
the language of a soldier (used to be
I will endeavor to paint a discrip
-tion of the ground _ where we fought
There were two ranges of hills_about
half or 3/4 mile long running -parallel - they were as
close together as could be _Their
bases almost meeting_ between
these hills ran a slough_or
branch_ filled with running water
The Yanks occupied the line most
distant from Richmond_ forti
-fied it very strongly_canon
bristling every ten paces _ with
a strong line of [mastwork?]
directly on the mow/brow?of this
hill _ with an [aba?tis] in front
of their works _ and all the

I do not profess to have envi
-able discriptive powers. yet in
the language of a soldier (used to be
I will endeavor to paint a discrip
-tion of the ground _ where we fought
There were two ranges of hills_about
half or 3/4 mile long running -parallel - they were as
close together as could be _Their
bases almost meeting_ between
these hills ran a slough_or
branch_ filled with running water
The Yanks occupied the line most
distant from Richmond_ forti
-fied it very strongly_canon
bristling every ten paces _ with
a strong line of mastwork?
directly on the mow/brow?of this
hill _ with an aba?tis in front
of their works _ and all the