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and provisions, medicines and
a little of the "How Come you 30"
At daylight on the morning of June
1st our dreams were disturbed and
slumber dissipated by the the crack
of the skirmishers rifle, and the
occasional boom of a canon, were
gradually increasing, soon became
a desperate contest, our regt not
being attached, and having a sta-
-tionary position, became careless,
and straggled out of ranks. We
were soon on the "gun wire" by hav
ing a volley of minnies pound
into us, and a division Yanks
appearing before us, we quickly
formed, took our positions be
-hind a fence, in rear of an "[?]
and mirrored their fire, which

and provisions, medicines and
a little of the "How Come you 30"
At daylight on the morning of June
1st our dreams were disturbed and
slumber dissipated by the the crack
of the skirmishers rifle, and the
occasional boom of a canon, were
gradually increasing, soon became
a desperate contest, our regt not
being attached, and having a sta-
-tionary position, became careless,
and straggled out of ranks. We
were soon on the "gun wire" by hav
ing a volley of minnies pound
into us, and a division Yanks
appearing before us, we quickly
formed, took our positions be
-hind a fence, in rear of an "[?]
and mirrored their fire,