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Robert J. Moyle letters, 1862-1906
02_1864-06-02 Page 02
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to our hospital were under the influence of whisky and had it in there canteens the Rebels officers gave them plenty of whisky they said before they made the charge. the night they made the charge I was on picket out side the Brest works on the skirmish line the Rebels kept up a constant firing all night & so did we they intended to advance on us but we had a strong line of pickets out and they not knowing what kind of a situation we had behind our work were afraid to advance they would have to cross a open field about half mile wide before they would get to our works and we could have mowed them down like grass they made a charge on our men on
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to our hospital were under the influence of whisky and had it in there canteens the Rebels officers gave them plenty of whisky they said before they made the charge. the night they made the charge I was on picket out side the Brest works on the skirmish line the Rebels kept up a constant firing all night & so did we they intended to advance on us but we had a strong line of pickets out and they not knowing what kind of a situation we had behind our work were afraid to advance they would have to cross a open field about half mile wide before they would get to our works and we could have mowed them down like grass they made a charge on our men on
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