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under the protection of the artillery which cet
up a most merderest fire on the rebels in their
rifle pits. The news papers have gave you
the number of rebels captured by us. It took
very little time for us to lay the bfidge as the
boys worked with a will. Our brigade did
not cross untill the 9th and as soon as we did
they put shovels in our hands to dig on rifle
pits. We worked all night at this kind of
work getting no rest atall. At day light we
recrossed the river and stade there all day.
When night came we crossed the river once
more and lade in line of battle all night
behind our rifle pits. When morning came
we was sent on picket to the extreme left
of the line. Here we stade all day long in open
site of the rebels on the right of our regiment.
They cep poping away at each other but
on our regiment line there war not a shot
fired.  There was one rebel that came in
our line. I suppose he got tired of [?discy].
We stade on this line of pickets until night
when we got relieved. There was not one shot
fired at us after we got relieved. We was just piching
our tents to have a good sleep when we received orders
to fall in and go to the rifle pits and protect a
working squad. There was a good deal of growling
as we was in hopes to have a nights rest. We lade
in the rifle pits all night unmolested. When
morning came (and it was one of the longest mornings
I ever saw) we got relieved.They kep us marching
and countermarching untill 12 Oclock in the
dat time before they gave us eny rest and what
rest we got was in the day time in the sun
and it was very hot. Up at night and in the
day time so hot one could not sleep. This lasted
untill 13th when we recrossed the river. Our brigade
the lass to cross. We crossed in a rain storme the brigde
having hay on it so we would make no noys. It
was about 11 Oclock at night when we crossed.
We slep a mile from the river out of site of the
rebels. After we crossed for the night it raining ali
the time. Early nesct morning we look up our line
of march to words Stafford Court house a distance
of 10 miles. We arrived in good order as our boy was
in good spearits. We arrived at the Court House about
1 Oclock in the afternoon. We stade here untill