this morn our guns
comenced felling them we move
to the front and formed the
3 lines of battle it is 12 Oclock
and no serious battle has yet bin
fought on these parts of the
line our men withdrew a part
of their hforces but faled in draw
-ing the rebbs and our work then
soon returned and our line was again
extended and we _____ _____ (the last two words are too faint to decipher).
(This is the beginning of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, one of the bloodiest of the war.)
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