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Letter from Charles L. Powell (Richmond, Va) to Hattie Powell (daughter) [Brunswick Cty., Va.]

23 May 1862

Powell Papers – 65 P875, Box !!!, Folder 1

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I will write yr Uncle Fred.  His address is

Charlotte Ct. H.  I sent him yr other letter. His

board is 20 to 25 per month –

I send a letter from Gallie which                    Richmond

has been traveling abt the country                May 23 / 62

Darling Hattie

I received this morn

ing your letter ___ mother shall

sent it to her.  She has a proposi

tion from Rebecca also before her.

I do not know whether the  ___ ___

seen you.  If it does ___ shall go

to Lynchburg which will be much

better than a trip to Columbia.

As the danger draws nearer in

am not so alarmed.  At five

o clock this morning I heard the

sound of our first cannonading

The reports were in rapid

succession.  Skirmishing has

been going on all day about

5 or 6 miles from town.  We

cant tell the result.  The nearer

you are to a fight the harder

to see exactly what is going

and to hear the result.  The reports

are various – One that we had

taken the enemy's battery another

that they had driven us

from our positions - ___  ___

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our regiment they _____ in the

fight.  It is nothing more than

a skirmish.  We can not tell when

the big fight may come off.  The

people here do not seem much

alarm   not so much as a week

ago a great many ladies hair

left down – the _____ are not  __

____ to do so I am told – You need

not be afraid that I will not flee

if the Govt does – if it dont I shall

not feel much uneasiness.  I expe

rience at present much less than

under the same circumstances last

summer in Winchester when I had so

much exposed.  If the Yankees should

get me they would find me a hard

bargain if I can only keep my appe

tite in captivity.  George Adin [?] was in the

office a few days ago.  He is a hand-

some young officer having been elected

one of the Lts in ___  _____ Co. from Alexa[ndria]

under the new Organization.  He was slightly

wounded at the battle of Wmsburg - Capt

Humphreys & Black John Addison

of Alexandria was killed.  Yr Uncle B____

left here for home this morning.  He was

much pleased with his treatment by the

Yankees when arrested.  Thirty of his Ne

groes have gone to them including _____.

                        With very much love

                                    Yr afft father CLPowell