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Robert J. Moyle letters, 1862-1906
07_1862-12-26 Page 03
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at a nother place where we stopped talked with our men and wanted them to come to them & drink they said that they would not hurt them one of our men started to them but on seeing a house sett fire to turned Back and the rebels rode off in this expedition from memphis & helena there is sixty too Boats some of them have three regiments on Board and there is eight or nine gun Boats Besides mortars & i think the rebels will have to have a most powerfull force to hold vicksburg i dont know how soon they will attact that place but I think it will not Be long and i think they will Be very Carful about attacting from the news that we got from the army of the potomac they were used up rather Badly By the Rebels you Cannot see a Man scurcley along down I did not see 6 white citezens from helena to this place (Iowa 300 miles) and not a
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at a nother place where we stopped talked with our men and wanted them to come to them & drink they said that they would not hurt them one of our men started to them but on seeing a house sett fire to turned Back and the rebels rode off in this expedition from memphis & helena there is sixty too Boats some of them have three regiments on Board and there is eight or nine gun Boats Besides mortars & i think the rebels will have to have a most powerfull force to hold vicksburg i dont know how soon they will attact that place but I think it will not Be long and i think they will Be very Carful about attacting from the news that we got from the army of the potomac they were used up rather Badly By the Rebels you Cannot see a Man scurcley along down I did not see 6 white citezens from helena to this place (Iowa 300 miles) and not a
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