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you will see a more correct account
of the Battle in the papers than I can
give I will wrte more when I
get time shall have to [illegible in original]
now the Boys from our way are all well

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O.E.G

     Camp Twenty miles from Chattanooga
				Tenn.. Sept 26th
					           63
	Lucy
		I received your
letter of the first last night
it found me all right we
had just come in from the 
front whare we had been having
lively times we ware out in
front of Chattanooga the 17th when
we ware attacted by two Corps
of the reble Army thare was no
troops out as far as our Brigade
(was)
^ and of course we had to fall
back till we could get
reenforcements they drove in our
pickets about ten oclock in the
morning killing two and wounding
Six we retreated in good
order and night found us back
about six miles whare we

received large reenforcements
our loss was small being
only about 30 in killed wounded
& missing the whole of the
regiment was on picket we
lay within a few rods of the
enemy on our arms this was
rather uncumfortabl for we have
cold nights and this was one
of the coldest water freezing
in our Canteens morning come
after while just as it always
does when we ware orderd to
go about a mile to the write
right the Infantry taking our
place we soon found out that
that the rebles ware agoing to
fight and about 10 o'clock the
Ball opend in ernest they drove
our men at first but they
soon got checked and from
that time untill 5 o'clock they
had some of the hardest kind

of fightting night fond boath
partys on about the same ground
they ware in the moring [illegible in original]
we stayd all day right in sight
of the Battle Field I saw hundreds
of the dead and wounded thare
was a continual drove of the
wounded coming from the field
all day it was a hard sight
and I was glad when night
come to put a stop to it
the fight had been in the 
center about 4 miles from
Chattanooga we war sent over
on the left the next morning
(that was Sunday) the fitting
was one the right [that day day?]
and we did not see much
of it although it was the
hardest of the war we lay
in camp a little ways from
the Reble pickets. Monday
they attacted the left again

driving us in for we held the
front we fell back behind the
Intfantry and the Battle became
general our men holdind there
ground till they ware orderd
to fall back which they done
about twelve oclock at night
that night the whole of the army
fell back to Chattanooga and
are now thare (and defy the
Rebles to drive them out)
the [2?] twenty first Mich.. regt
ware in the fight on Sunday
and lost most half of their
men. I saw B. Ollcott & Miron
Stark of that regiment the next
day they went through the fight
without receiving a scratch and
felt first rate Ollcott is first
Lieut of Company "A"
the cavalry have not been drive
very hard lately all we have
had to do is to hunt up the
Rebles and then send the
  n
I^tfantry after them no one
need talk Intantry to [use?] I.
have seen enough of it is this fight
I should have writen oftener
had I of had a chance
if you cant read this throw it in the 

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[illegible in original] Othniel