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and discriptions about one half of the best qualities such as Endfield, Springfield and Minnie rifles the balance old flint locks, shot guns and every thing else. They are mostly Texas troops of all ages from fifteen to sixty, but are awful bitter against the north. On Sunday morning their Gen. Churchhill made them a speech and they all promised to fight to the last man, it seems by this that it takes a great many of them to make a man. The loss of our division was some over two hundred I understand it was more that that of the other division. The rebel loss we shall never know for they buried their dead during the fight. Co. G. & B, were the only [begin vertical writing] Our Maj. has been reported for a Court Marshall for not comeing out at either fight.[end vertical writing]