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Robert J. Moyle letters, 1862-1906
06_1863-01-13 Page 02
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any thing they had three Batteries or fortifications one above the other and rifel pitts all round as as soon as the men would Be in range they would let out at them and they supported By heavy guns we lost a great may men in what they called the mush pot made of soft mud and water worked and as soon as a man got in to that he would be fast a great many were killd while fast By the sharp shooters we were ordered aboard the steam Boat & on thursday night at 11 o clock left the Yazoo started up the Miss untill we came to the mouth of white river & we lay there two days and went up that river about six miles then took in the arkansas river up to within four miles of this post we got in on friday evening and on
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any thing they had three Batteries or fortifications one above the other and rifel pitts all round as as soon as the men would Be in range they would let out at them and they supported By heavy guns we lost a great may men in what they called the mush pot made of soft mud and water worked and as soon as a man got in to that he would be fast a great many were killd while fast By the sharp shooters we were ordered aboard the steam Boat & on thursday night at 11 o clock left the Yazoo started up the Miss untill we came to the mouth of white river & we lay there two days and went up that river about six miles then took in the arkansas river up to within four miles of this post we got in on friday evening and on
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