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on the position in which we were now in, we held untill midnight firing whenever we saw an object which was as often as a man wished to shoot, most of the men shot away from fifty to one hundred rounds a day, when we were relieved by our support and allowed to rest all the next day. On the morning of 22nd we again took the front. Gen. Lawler who was in command of the division ordered twenty men to go from the 97th as skirmishers in charge of a commissioned officer and if possible to get into the rifle pits in front of the fort. He called for volunteers. I was one of the number. We crept along on ground up a _____ to within about seventy five yds of their works when the fire became to hot for us [vertical writing, some bleeding onto previous page begin] [out?] [illegible] [place?] As for [illegible] he should proceed to [illegible] which he [illegible] [sung?] the [illegible] following these instructions for safety it [illegible] [masked?] official business he has [illegible] [illegible] it he thinks that it [takes?] Sun with held by [Linne?] [officers?] [illegible] [the?] [Reg?] to [illegible] object [vertical writing end] [upside-down writing begin] Wednesday [morn?] with the exceptions of Jim [Baits?] and eight artillery [illegible] All is quiet. There is a [detail?] [illegible] every night to work on fortifications to be illegible in case they try to break out [upside-down writing end]