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Chester field county [va.?] June the 4 1862

Der mis i now seat my self to
inform you of my helth this leavs me
well and i hope when thes fue lines
come to hand tha may find you
ingoying the same kind blessing i
receive yo kind letter ond the 3
day of the presant month and it
stated that you all was well i
was glad to her from you and to
muse to rite to you at presant we are
betean petersburg and richmond about 2
mile from the railrode on the turnpike
the yankees come up the gemes river in
site of ours forts about a mile from us
and ours regmet went down thare in
site to meat them if tha come to
land to fight them but tha did
{note} come up and i havent herd from
them sense i herd that the 53 and 12
regments was in a fight last Sunday
and that thre was 30 kiled in the 12
regment and 20 in the 53 regment
i allsoe herd that 2 of our regment
got one regment of the yankes in a
hole of water about wast deep and
tha shot them donn tell tha could
walk across the hole of water and
note get wet tha sed tha kiled them
all but [illegible] sixth tha sed thre was a
greate lose on both sids but i dont
no whether enny of it is so or
not the fight was a bout richmond
thre somewhre