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On account of the very brief space
allotted me to write. I shall con
-fine myself to the most stir
-ing incidents and of all the
Army [spran?] more especially of
the [Brigade?] and of the [Brigade?]
[more?] especially of the 5th Texas
Since from my point of observa
-tion I would not be justified
in detailing the active part taken
by all. The course of greatness
of the [Brigade?] began on the [so?]
[-trat?] from Yorktown Virginia
during the spring of 62 hence
I will but [sprak?] a word or
two in [?] to the [t?]
[-aparing?] between the [?]
of the [Texians?] from Texas for
Virginia and the [t?] [when?]

On account of the very brief space
allotted me to write. I shall con
-fine myself to the most stir
-ing incidents and of all the
Army [spran?] more especially of
the [Brigade?] and of the [Brigade?]
[mon?] especially of the 5th Texas
Since from my point of observa
-tion I would not be justified
in detailing the active part taken
by all. The course of greatness
of the [Brigade?] began on the [so?]
[-trat?] from Yorktown Virginia
during the spring of 62 hence
I will but [sprak?] a word or
two in [?] to the [t?]
[-aparing?] between the [?]
of the [Texians?] from Texas for
Virginia and the [t?] [when?]