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ciir* and deoi *odcopiea' to j *g~»SSto the loyal Governors of tb-* -T. J- MAGISNIS; CAafnnt?Ee**T Bt~usi)r» SecretaryHuiioniFrom th® 122d Ohio Etagiaeat Biasdt Station Dee. 6,1863 Don Fath*k:—I received a leuer wt---dar aud w»* glad to bear from jroa. Since I wrote you !-?. »* have i«ea aiding a sound party. eois'-ideraaie. W%* cross - :Rnpidau which I told ca w* wcujd were gone eigbi days, aod ibey were tb« omo-e.t eight daw I *ter pot id. in tswy way. both fighting and marching and K£2 *'«'• j Wo crossed on the 2?th, and on the me! the rebe and had what I wonW *“! ~HmI HiFREN ClI me; me reo§ »a*j n»u » —— +-1 pretty hard 6ght- Our corps {I wlt;ua engaged Oar Reg*meet lost 33 «£!.i*u1 _ ^ , mr « «________ Ar I*. Llt;AX-,nd wounded. Ther*h*got cross Sr* oc a.-It ia hard to leH which lo?t the ■»«. «*’ ;l ■ he reba but they fell back and got *«to meirbreast works. . ,, , |1 will tell you. father, how God aWaeo , and e».red far me. Ei« rashly powerand So** { voided me through the battle. A oa»! S-UH*! cing. struck me in the head, but on.y crt«, blood and raised a lump chaos as.large a? =- j patridge egg. Why did not that ball enter mv bare head and leave me on the basue-ifie'd? Bee ;U3e my Saviour would not that it should leave me there. Should 1 not be ihar-kfol? I will serve Him as long as I !k*.I Father look up to your Savicor for lie !.a? j brought your unworthy child through all »a* ieneer and trouble The rebels fell back to their breast and we followed them until we got racgf! of them. We hid to aioop* ^,4A ia froat of them Lhtee day 3 bu; did cfcar^e them. Genera! Sleado saw it was ti3 t use, for he mould ioo** half his men and thea j get repulsed. VVe could see from where we i were tbtttbey could not be ta^ea wiihoa: a . besty lose. If the charge bad been spaniel this araiy would have come back demcranr^c Well. Father, I will have to close.Ycor affectionate son,Weslrt Eo*».OBGISf ISIBASKPlain He)TogetherGcMilli
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Zanesville Daily Courier
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Wed, Dec 16, 1863
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