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I come here at vixburg and comenced a fiting and staide in a line of battal for seven days and then there was part of the time very hevy [illegible] and still they are at it they have bin [illegible] and [illegible] a little ever onse and a while we have them surrounded and this is the fiftenth day the batal has bin here but our [brigaid?] hasen bin the fite here all the time we went on a march out after old Johnson he was a cuming on our backes but he was sorry for it we [illegible] him we was gon seven days some hard marchen to oh i hope the war will be over after [illegible] is taken i would like to see my family but it is out of the question