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■ i*** WropT•'•Km tl Jl fST]HlM rr**m ■*mKf, ?% Jteiy OlluT- 3- )l iriai Cjjmnir-4 Tf M kA'hVn Mtotni «r•?M- titt# jj: frt»U9Nt -ftult;l iiujf, Ull lb*4 ioUlt;iiu*«)i: oijti «JUm cicilmut'd ^ueoeasro* «lt; Mslw, whbh ^ Wrt over,My ■pprri^ii iri^ S; tic-r Ah down utoil d B«t know that by y t*ril» irom to MtlfiiV Qit- army u«the WrK^u Si _tf*»K 4**W Uut jhijpi* tfii fcMir’iind 0«* Uur'ilri’d mile*o main Army M smtmoitin doing ibw our Regiment pas?.**! through ikmlomrille **aetly two months from the ihno w* left it to go to the rul'd*}, From GordmuvUle, which to 76 mile* from Richmond. wo took the ears for txmwiiC. It, and from there to Reaver Dim, elrfoh laM place ta lt;fi«tout from Richmond aloutWrnflw. From thw plat* the Regiment and aU the army which had 1*0011 m thovollwy, marched to a filtuvt ctllM A«bUti*l, Ifl mile* from Richmond. It left IbUlM place 011 Thursday, the 20tfc of. Jon6, Juektwm directing hi* maroh ontko nortli of lk« Chidwhommv river, i»o u to get on the iw of ike right of tiio army of Gen. MeClvlUn. whioli wu« ported on both tideaof tko river—the loft beinglt;m the south aide of the Cliii kahominy and within *1 or 5 mile* of Richmond, the right occupying the north of that river and vary-lug-in distance from 0 to 12 mile* of Rieh-fffrftriTBud rUnFith hl\slOii*, hut Utmo jilted tor,j rtvHiixr**i ativl tit* k**d.Indy* halnw thn *4t«»ek I* thtt d; IHyr^ril «? thtty ihrouph Urn *a-ot% with The lt;m Unrt Ur«4 hop** wrrnI frrt nntM thAt given .jJlem, | lt;oaullui, and hiirt-rrndift* loth*ing for their country*—the noblest death that a man can die. I *ay Arutv men, and the term uo moro \Um dnmrihc* our lamented comrades. 1 hi ring tbn wholo of ihftt Uyrific engagement no men rouW have appeared more in-endhln to iaiigar. or borne thtfmiidviiA with morn sIoikIi fortitude mid rouro.gr. Their namea and dowlajf forgotletl i*y mhcr», will ero; Ik-rciooinbercd by Utoao who shartrd wllb them the peril* of that memorable d*y.Oar nt-ightwfi of 8mi«h County, C»|t».Hnrdv'a company, tho IWt'odet*” *»o?^ themnnlven with eon*pM;nlt;m* gallautry. nml 1 am glad to my they vrrto imvre (01* tunato than we. Few of tlir nmnherwere woundexl.ond tft it thomtlit they will all recover. The name* *ro Kergeant Sum* mer, primtea 7.. $t. UumoII, D.O.Sum* met, and P. Varwant.it is too early to apetnilato npon the e.f-
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Paulding, Mississippi, US

Fri, Aug 01, 1862

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