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Transcription Date: 2.13.2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Munfordville, Kentucky<\/p>\n

On Green River in (word?) fortifications.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sept. 18th \/ 62<\/p>\n

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Dear and much loved Parents,<\/p>\n

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My good luck, health and a kind Providence are with me yet.\u00a0 After marching 15 days steady up to last Thursday we had, it seems just arrived where we were compelled to march night and day.\u00a0 17 miles on Thursday, 16 on Friday, 10 miles Friday night, 12 miles Saturday night.\u00a0 Fought half the day Sunday.\u00a0 Marched 12 miles back the same night, rested Sunday and marched the same 12 miles again Monday night.\u00a0 Placed all of our battalions and regiments around the fort and they then surrendered to us Wednesday morning about 5,000 in all.\u00a0 Col. Weilder was in command as Thursday old Pin Ward was absent.\u00a0 Whey we suffered so much marching \u201cis this\u201d Chalmuss 1st slipped up on Cave City to intercept a train of soldiers and failed.\u00a0 This I suppose made him angry and he thought he would march on, or take Munfordville, but his Brigadier was not strong enough, consequently we were compelled to fall back and wait for the diversions.\u00a0 But Gen. Bragg instead of sending the diversions came on then with the whole army and this is why they surrendered so quickly.<\/p>\n

There was no fighting done except by our brigade.\u00a0 The Sharp Shooters were the principle ones of the brigade that had much to do.\u00a0 I was in the fight half the day Sunday and all day Tuesday and came out without a scratch, too much luck to last long I fear.\u00a0 Our loss was between 2 and 3 hundred killed and wounded.\u00a0 Thus, very slight on account of their fortifications.\u00a0 Blythes regiment was in the flight, part the day Sunday, but Will was left behind with blistered feet or something else, anyhow was not in the fight and so well and doing tolerable.\u00a0 Oh! But he is awful tired of this kind of fun.\u00a0 I tell him to apply for a discharge and hang up.\u00a0 He is in reality too delicate for soldiering.\u00a0 Louisville is in perfect consternation.\u00a0 Our next move I think will be for (note says portion of letter missing)<\/p>\n

form the scar this time as we were the only ones that suffered in this last fight.\u00a0 Will came down to see me yesterday, says the Dr. has ordered him to remain at this place in the hospital.\u00a0 He says he is going to apply for a discharge.\u00a0 I will go to see the Surgeon directly and (word?) what he thinks about it.<\/p>\n

Major Richards was wounded in the thigh very early in the fight tho\u2019 nothing but a flesh wound, he will be able for service I suppose in 6 or 7 weeks.\u00a0 He\u2019s a brave noble man seems willing to suffer any and everything for the confederacy.\u00a0 None of our relatives are wounded, that I\u2019ve heard of yet.\u00a0 Billie White, Tom Howard, George Anderson and all the boys are safe and well.\u00a0 The Rangers were none of them touched.<\/p>\n

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