near Strawsburg

Camp onn Fishers hill Va

Sept the 24

 

My Dear Father and Mother

I received a letter from you last night and glad was I to hear of your health and now I hasten to answer it my health is good news was better although we have had hard work for some few days past we started from Whitehouse last monday morning and marched for winchester which the rebs held when within some five milds we met them and had a awfull hard fight but completley routed them taking 5 of their pieces of artillery and 2500 prisoners and then we marched for strasburg and rested one / day and then we atacted them onn fishers hill which they had got fortifide verry strongley but we flanked them and captured 23 cannon and 1500 men including Gen Earley so they say we lost verry few we had two wounded in my companey the last day verry slight not so as to hurt them aney and 8 the monday before 5 so that they went back the Cap't was hit in the foot slight he is in comand of the regiment now and I am the onley sargant left with the Companey now and have 2 Corporals thare is 27 of us so I have to be ordaley and have comand of / the Companey but I hope that some of our seargants that are laying back will gather courage and come to the comand soon for I have a little more than I want to do just at this time I got a letter from Nila last night and one from Newton all the same night I will write no more now I dont know when I shall have a chance to send this I am siting onn a rebel pick one that they used to throw or rather loosen the ground for these breast works but it is harmless now /

 

                                                                        Camp Near Harrisonsburg Va Sept the 26

now Mother I will try and finish this letter we have mooved since I commenced this we have marched 25 milds a day for 2 day onn this mecatemised road and it is as hard as a rock for it is composed of rocks broke as fine as hens eggs well Mother the confeds have left for this time and they left in a hurry leaving guns and every thing but they have had a hard blow and I think that their cause is about gonn up we shall probabley go to staunton and I think that we shall go no farther but I dont know my health is good

 

                                                                                                Respectfuly your son

                                                                                                            A.N.Hubbard

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