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the boys are in fine spirits now they say
that they are a going into the field this time
like troopers and not like dogs for Col Hunts
regulars there was good act that our boys done
in the battle for williansburg the rebels began to
throw grape shot at our boys that were useing
the field pieces and Hunts bulley regulars
run and left the batteries but our boys stuck to
them and their horses was so many of them killed
that they could not haul off their pieces the rebels
came up and demanded them to surrender Col hunt
told hm he would not surrender to no such ill looking
villain as him and he ordered the boys to load with
double charge of canister shot they shot the sesesh
officers horse out from under him and he run
for dear life so did the rest of his command they
did not stop to help their wounded off but left
them on the field they could not stand canister
shot any better then the regulars could grape
our regt did not lose a man there one had his
sabre shot into and an nother had his spur shot off
his heall
You say you can ride a horse on the trot
bare back I am not hure but you will make
a trooper if you keepon you wish to know
how much flesh I lost I weighed two hundred and
ten when I got back to Washington. I do
not know how much I have lost this time