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Direst as before  W.A.
to go into it early nest morning but when morning came the
enemy had retreated leaving thear dead & wounded on the
field. We captured a quite a number of priserners ho was not able
to git a way. I saw about 350 of them. They are dressed in all kind
of clothing and all of them says they calculate to be murdered
before they reach thear desternation. It was a Capt. Lee of the
5 North Carolina Regiment. He says all he has left out of 89
men is 5 and they are wounded with him self. Our regiment cutting
them down like grass. The fight took place two miles from
Williamsburg the enemy having strong fortificatun thear wich
they had to abanden. Williamsburg is quite a place containing
I suppose about 5 or 6 thousand people. The enemy tried
hard to burn it but they was followed so close they had no
chance. They left the town full of wounded and dead.
The dead was berried by our men and the wounded will be
taking care of. We are about 25 miles apast Williamsurg
and only 35 miles from Richmond. The southern army is
so broke up I hardly think they will make much of a
stand. All though it is hard to tell what they calculate to
do, this thing I do know that those that was in the fight
of the 5th is completely demorerlized and it will take
a long time to make them fight again and by all acounts
General McClellan will not give them time to recrute
thear army as he has said he would push them to the
wall and eather make them fight or surrender but enuff.
You nead not feal uneasy about me for so far I am well
and in good spearits. You say you have heard that the
Union Army is but half fed. Such is not the case as far
as we are consurned. Tis true some times we half to go
hungry but it is seldom the case. As for our clothing they
are good and if we had more we would half to through them
away. So dear Ma you nead not wory your self about me
in regardes to clothing or what kind of fare I have
but yet I thank you a thousend times for offering to give
me what ever I want. I wish this war was over for thear has
been blud enuff shed and homes ernuff deserlate.
Oh dear Ma iff you could ownly see the country I have
traviled over in poor old Virginia se the houses burned
the land with no one left to till it. It is all most
to hard to think of but such is scecision and I believe
scecesion means deserlatun & distrutun. We are encamped
on a Union man's farm. He left every thing behind him