Décrit un incident où son régiment a tiré sur des vedettes des confédérés. Transcription : [sans date] 1er décembre Il est presque nuit, et je vais vous écrire quelques lignes, je suis bien à jour, nous avons eu beaucoup d'enthousiasme il y a quelques heures, il y avait 3 secesh gun bateaux aller jusqu'à la rivière, et nos batteries tiré sur eux de l'autre côté de la rivière, et ils ont pensé qu'il valait mieux prendre sa retraite, l'un de nos bateaux d'armes à feu, descendit pour voir quelle était la question, mais l'excitation a disparu et que tout se passe le long comme d'habitude, ils auraient à porter une très grande force pour prendre cette place, nous avons un bon nombre de grandes armes o

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• Date de la prise de vue: 28 décembre 2009

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Describes an incident in which his regiment fired upon Confederate gun boats. Transcription: [no date] Dec. 1st It is nearly night, and I will write you a few lines, I am well to-day, We had quite an excitement a few hours ago, there were 3 secesh gun boats come up the river, and our batteries fired at them from the other side of the river, and they thought it best to retire, one of our gun boats went down to see what was the matter, but the excitement has subsided and all is going along as usual, they would have to bring a very large force to take this place, we have a good many large guns on the breast works, just think of a cannon, the hole of which is nearly large enough to let Pollys ? head. and then to hear the balls whistle when they fly thro ? the air. ? Those gun boats are savage looking objects, they are so constructed that a cannon ball has no effect on them, they are covered over with thick sheet Iron, and when a ball strikes them it will glance. Rebecca, I was much rejoiced in reading your letter and to hear that you take so much interest in doing the work & in getting along, and I hope you will get along some way or other, you may sometimes get cold hands ? feet in doing the feeding, but remember your Father is bearing a good many hardships, to try to perpetuate the liberties you have always enjoyed, a soldiers life, is a hard one at best, I am enjoying it well. Do all you can to help Mother along and if I live to get back, I will bring you something nice. I went out a few days a ago and gathered a fine chance of pecans, & I have a good time cracking and eating them, & while I was out I found a new pair of woolen gloves, which come in first rate play, Tell Bro. Stiles to write to me, I have wrote 2 letters to him, and I would be glad to hear from him. And you will distribute it according to the directions I sent you in a letter by W. Smith, unless you have promised any one money, that was good & kind enough to work on the house for you, in that case

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