Dear Mother,
Since last I wrote to you we have made the fur fly. This is the first rest we have had for 15 days. We fought three days - the 2nd, and 3rd and skirmishing on the 4th. We marched from Fairfax Station to Gettysburg in 7 days and 2 nights. We are to rest here and start again at 3 o'clock in the morning. Our company lost Lieut Robt. Hall, killed, shot in the head; Collins, of Kinzua shot in the leg, since died; Runyan, shot in the breast; Devins, shot in the foot. Chase is missing, a prisoner, I think. I was not in the first day's fight; was foot sore and the surgeon gave me a pass to fall out and come up at leisure; was up and in the rest of the fight.
We are now three miles north of South Mountain battleground and 6 miles from Antietam. The old Army of the Potomac is pretty sore footed; but everything is moving and the goose hangs high. The 1st Brigade P.R.V.C., General Meade says, saved the army from being routed. Col. Taylor, of our regiment, was killed; Lieut. Col. Niles, wounded. Out of 327 men in the regiment we lost 69 rank and file.
I will have to give this to a citizen and don't know when you will get it. We had one mail captured.
Love to all.
