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Andrew F. Davis papers, May-December 1861
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Camp Elk Fork Va. Sep 16 1861 Mrs. Sarah Davis My Dear Wife I am well hoping this will find you and the deer children much improved in health as the last letter I received from you Stated that yourself and Nan was both quite unwell. I received a letter from you yesterday which was. dated Aug. 7th which you had sent by Express and was 1 month and 7 days on the road I received one this evening from you dated Sep. 7th & 8th which is about as quick time as any of them makes on an avarage. You do not Know how glad I was to hear from you as it had been a week or more since I had received a letter from you. This has been another hard week for the soldier boys of this Regiment as we have been in constant expectation of an attact from the enemy evry hour for the last 5 days. On Wednesday eveing last our Company was Ordered out on the advance breastwork 1 1/2 miles from the main Camp at the junction of Elk Fork with Tigerts River which was considered an important point to hold. We lay there all night in the rain and was aroused several times during the night by the pickets fireing and in the morning we could see Acres appearantly of bayonets 1 1/4 miles from us and then evrything was in commotion and soon our Cannon ware ordered out to support us and our Scouts and pickets advanced and commenced Skirmishing with them and after wounding 4 of the enemy and getting one of our own men slightly wounded they ware called back again and we made no further attempts and neither did they on us but they left the main road
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Camp Elk Fork Va. Sep 16 1861 Mrs. Sarah Davis My Dear Wife I am well hoping this will find you and the deer children much improved in health as the last letter I received from you Stated that yourself and Nan was both quite unwell. I received a letter from you yesterday which was. dated Aug. 7th which you had sent by Express and was 1 month and 7 days on the road I received one this evening from you dated Sep. 7th & 8th which is about as quick time as any of them makes on an avarage. You do not Know how glad I was to hear from you as it had been a week or more since I had received a letter from you. This has been another hard week for the soldier boys of this Regiment as we have been in constant expectation of an attact from the enemy evry hour for the last 5 days. On Wednesday eveing last our Company was Ordered out on the advance breastwork 1 1/2 miles from the main Camp at the junction of Elk Fork with Tigerts River which was considered an important point to hold. We lay there all night in the rain and was aroused several times during the night by the pickets fireing and in the morning we could see Acres appearantly of bayonets 1 1/4 miles from us and then evrything was in commotion and soon our Cannon ware ordered out to support us and our Scouts and pickets advanced and commenced Skirmishing with them and after wounding 4 of the enemy and getting one of our own men slightly wounded they ware called back again and we made no further attempts and neither did they on us but they left the main road
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