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Joseph Child diary, 1862-1863
1863-07-19 -- 1863-07-20
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the rebels left some canon here they could not take and burnt part of their train they could not take with them we did not sufer mutch here the rebels charged 3 times to get out but met with heavy los and had to fall back into town so they got out by crosing pearl-river we had not force enuf only for 3 sides I ges they lost 3 or 4000 kiled and whounded we did not lose a forths of that they burned all they could before they left 20 our troops have gone some to brandon and some
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the rebels left some canon here they could not take and burnt part of their train they could not take with them we did not sufer mutch here the rebels charged 3 times to get out but met with heavy los and had to fall back into town so they got out by crosing pearl-river we had not force enuf only for 3 sides I ges they lost 3 or 4000 kiled and whounded we did not lose a forths of that they burned all they could before they left 20 our troops have gone some to brandon and some
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