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vision, ammunition arms &c which they destroyed early this moring.  And also burnt the Depot and Several Cars and several other buildins in the town. I have not been to the town therefore I can give no description of it,  On Tuesday night our Regt was sent on picket and I had charge of 20 men in the immediate front and lay within 150 yds of the enemy pickets all night and until 10 Oclock on Wednesday.  About 10 Oclock wednesday the attact before spoken of was made and the Skirmishers in making the advance was fired on while they ware passing my posts which brought us under their fire and you may be sure the pills flew thick and fast around us for a few minutes, but they ware soon driven back which put the fighting out of reach of us and I had hard work to retain the boys that were with me from rushing forward with the Skirmishers and taking a hand but we dare not leave our post, therefore we had to put up with what fighting we could do from our post while the enemy remained near enough. You no doubt will know more of the particulars of matters here than I am able to tell you long before you get this therefore I will drop the subject, Yesterday was pay day with us again and that in connection with the evacuation has made this a day of general rejoiceing and tonight the boys received orders. to pull off their clothes and to sleep until daylight tomorrow morning. which orders ware received with shouts of joy by the boys as, they have been obliged to Sleep with their clothes on and to get up at 3 Oclock in the morning for the last 3 weeks.  I sent you one hundred and Seventy five dollars out of my pay this morning.  I send it by T. A. Goodwin State agt from Indianapolis.  It will be sent to Clarks Hill

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vision, ammunition arms &c which they destroyed early this moring. And also burnt the Depot and Several Cars and several other buildins in the town. I have not been to the town therefore I can give no description of it, On Tuesday night our Regt was sent on picket and I had charge of 20 men in the immediate front and lay within 150 yds of the enemy pickets all night and until 10 Oclock on Wednesday. About 10 Oclock wednesday the attact before spoken of was made and the Skirmishers in making the advance was fired on while they ware passing my posts which brought us under their fire and you may be sure the pills flew thick and fast around us for a few minutes, but they ware soon driven back which put the fighting out of reach of us and I had hard work to retain the boys that were with me from rushing forward with the Skirmishers and taking a hand but we dare not leave our post, therefore we had to put up with what fighting we could do from our post while the enemy remained near enough. You no doubt will know more of the particulars of matters here than I am able to tell you long before you get this therefore I will drop the subject, Yesterday was pay day with us again and that in connection with the evacuation has made this a day of general rejoiceing and tonight the boys received orders. to pull off their clothes and to sleep until daylight tomorrow morning. which orders ware received with shouts of joy by the boys as, they have been obliged to Sleep with their clothes on and to get up at 3 Oclock in the morning for the last 3 weeks. I sent you one hundred and Seventy five dollars out of my pay this morning. I send it by T. A. Goodwin State agt from Indianapolis. It will be sent to Clarks Hill