Camp of the. 27.th. Michigan
In front of PeterSburg. [W.T.?]
	March the. 29. 1865
Dear brother [crossed out] [I] I received your
welcome letter on the. 27. and waS glad
to hear from you and that you
waS well. Sheradon went through
laSt night I Saw one of your. company
he Said that you had not got up to
the reigment yet they Stoped here
two nightS and left here thiS
morning we drawed rationS for. four
		         gone
dayS but we have not ^ with them
yet but thare may be Some fighting
yet here [crossed out] [yet] they are Sending men to
the left of uS thare iS a big move
in Some direction for the rebS. are
in atight place or Soon will be
if they do not make abreak Some
whare they broke the lineS
in our third brigade and took Some

of our men priSinors and one
of our fortS and Spiked [crossed out] [one] 
four of our gunS but they
brought up Some troopS from
their rear and from the left
and formed four lineS of
battle and drove them out of
the fort and took [crossed out] [2000] 25 hundred
priSiners and killed almoSt a
[thoughand?] of their men and got
our workS backagain we loSt
      500    men
[crossed out] [five] of our ^ the [crossed out] [14] fourteenth
[illegible] [illegible] ware taken
by [illegible] the rebS for they found
them aSleep and tok their picketS
without firing gun the fight
laSted four or five houreS
the laSt I heard from home they
ware all well
we are in the firSt diviSion and
firSt brigade of the [crossed out word]
ninth [crossed out] [an] army [work?]

     but good by for thiS Time
    George. P. Mattoon of the
Compay I 27 Michagan infantry

WaShinton. D.C.     To my
Brother G. W. Mattoon

Write. Soon.