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Reg. had but one man wounded. I was so exhausted that I went to sleep in the broiling hot Sun in spite of noise and danger. At 9 oclock P. M. our Reg was relieved, and we retired out of danger. I was then sent back for our Haversacks and blankets and did not parcipate in the fight any more. The Reg was again ordered forward when six men were wounded by shells, but not more than one seriously. Our line of battle extended five miles, our position was the centre of the right wing. On the morning of the 2nd our Brigade was to take the advance, by day light we were on the move but the bird had flown the negroes told us that they had retreated through the town and burnt the bridge over a bayou to keep us from catching them, and sure enough we found every thing as they told us. We then marched in to the town our Reg being the second one there and found the bridge still burning with some few rebs on the oposite side a few shells soon scattered them. The days work consisted of driveing them three miles over the hilliest country you ever saw captureing two pieces of Artly. and 500 prisoners, one Gen. killed (Tracy) our loss was not heavy, but for every man we had killed at least two rebs bit the dust