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used. One killed a Reb officer with his bayonet - after he (our own boy) was shot 3 times by the Rebs. Not a man faltered in our whole Regt. all done nobly. David Stanton of [6?] was killed. "Coby" wounded. Chas. Johnson wounded. Lieut R. Howard Jr. and Captain Howard wounded. I will not give more for you will have heard of all before this arrives & I am [illegible] [any?] will write giving you a full acct. of personnel. And Abe Husler he told me all of his company came out all right [illegible] & Laycock were perfect Bricks. We expect to go up to Mobile to day. Some of our Corps are their now. Yet we do not know for certain what we will do here after, cant say but one thing sure the completing is "Ahead." We captured 4 or 5 thousand