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Our Co [company] loss was but twoo [two] missing
and twoo [two] wounded slightly My
tent mate J. L. Finley is amongst
the missing whether killed wounded
or taken prisoner I cannot
accertain [ascertain] The rebel force here was
estimated at five thousand whilst
we did not have as many
hundred engaged The rebs
acknowlege [acknowledge] a severe loss here, and
it was said the ground where
the hardest fighting accured [occurred] was
heaped with their dead We next
engaged their retreating column
at Poolesville, Maryland where they opened on
us with shell, and for an hour
the screach [screech] and blasting of shell
was more frequent than pleasant
We advanced a scurmish [skirmish] line and
drove them from their position
before our artillery could get up
and get into position and at
sundown we gave them