Tuesday May ^the 11 1864

                       

Dear Friend

When I arrived here home this evening I found a letter here from Mr Chandler he told me all he knew about the fight and I will copy it of just as he wrote it

So you will understand it.

 

A part of our regiment that left here with General Steele March ^the 23 was in a desperate fight last Monday

 

I could not here any particulars from them until last night about forty of them came into camp the following is a list of Co. K that were engaged and that live in our part of the country there was several others engaged but as they have no relatives in this Ohio I will not try to give an account now.

 

1^st Lieut           Wm H Fisher              Safe started back to Camden

2^nd Lieut          Nathan B Smith          Prisoner not hurt

Sargeant          Samuel Henderson      Returned to camp safe

                        Thomas Adelis            Not heard from yet

                                                                        going towards Camden

                        John Smith                  Was seen after the fight

Private             John J Calvert             Not heard from

                        Hugh A Davis             Missing

                        George Kinkead               "

                        Samuel Lee                      "

                                                                                    Pine Bluf

                                                                        the foot now at

                        William Miller            Escaped slite wound in

                        John Parcell                Missing

                        William Wilson               "

                        Thomas C Davis              "

                        George Miller                  "

                        Steven Fitch                     "

                        William Brown                "

                        William A Crum              " /

                        Michael Crum             Returned to camp safe

                        William Gerrel            Missing

                        James Long                      "

                        John Miller                      "

                        John Ray                     Returned to camp

                        Benjamin Wilson        Missing

 

Several of them that are marked missing may have escaped and gone back to Camden if not they are prisoners I cant find any one that saw any of them killed. All those that live in our part of the country whose names do not appear here were detached from the Company on other duty and were safe when last heard from. Colonel Mason is at Camden safe, Capt McCormick and McKitrick and Lieut Robert E Smithson Wm Scott and Robert Fleming are prisoners. Lieut Charles Egler and Richner escaped and come to camp last night.

 

Capt Garret was left at Camden not able to be with his Company. Major Stevens and Lieut William E Smithson started to the front but did not get to the Regiment in time to engage in the battle

                                                                       

From Mrs A Chandler

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