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Tremendious Heavey canon adinge on the lefte ite gowes By voleyes the 16 armey corpes paste Bey from lefte to Righte to Day i saw andrew Smith [i.e., Pvt. Andrew A. Smith, Co. H, 73rd Ohio Infantry] ande some others to day Heavey Rains July to Day Bute Heavey canonadinge all Day charley fulture [i.e., Pvt. Charles Fulcher, Co. B, 73rd Ohio Infantry] ware wounded yesterday Bey a piece of a Shell ande ite is thoughte mortal, coole weather Here to Day Hour Skermishiners adevance to Day

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     July 28 /64 on yesterday the 27 wea tooke 17 Rebels sharpe shooters ande one collonel from an olde Bildinge cloudey to Day ande plesente the worste wea sufer with is flies they are tremendious Bade all quiete this morninge up to 8 ande then a Heavey canon adinge comenced Hour picketes is within one Hundred ande fiftey yardes of the Rebels, wea loose olde Jo Hooker to day they say ande the Boyes is