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in the mufs. During the day 4 of our guns took part in an artillery duel. No.s 1-2-3-and 4 against a rebel battery. Shells flew lively for 1/2 an hour bursting all around us and barking every tree in the vicinity. but we made it hotter for them than they did for us and accordingly succeeded in silencing them. Summing up our loss after this duel, we had one man wounded in the heel by a piece of shell. Corp Miller the heel bone was taken out and there is a possibility of losing his foot. Previous to this Jonbert of the no. 4 gun was shot through the calf of the leg by a minnie ball. One of my horses was wounded and probably ruined by a shell bursting under him and a piece of it entering his leg. the same shell breaking an infantry man's leg. But the next day our gun and