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Robert J. Moyle letters, 1862-1906
03_1863-07-21 Page 03
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Our Company has not lost any of its members the day that we were on the skirmish line the Rebels opened on us with grape and cannister and tried to drive us in but we kept close in our pitts and they done no harm you must not be allarmed if you should not get any Letters from me for three or four weeks at a time as we do not have a chance to mail them or no way to send them out I have not got any letters from home for two weeks our Corpse was on the extream right & yesterday we moved around to this position on the left down here our men have a strong position & good rifel pitts to stay in there is four lines of Rifel pitts one behind the other and any amout of artillery write soon and often as possible your son Robert Moyle
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Our Company has not lost any of its members the day that we were on the skirmish line the Rebels opened on us with grape and cannister and tried to drive us in but we kept close in our pitts and they done no harm you must not be allarmed if you should not get any Letters from me for three or four weeks at a time as we do not have a chance to mail them or no way to send them out I have not got any letters from home for two weeks our Corpse was on the extream right & yesterday we moved around to this position on the left down here our men have a strong position & good rifel pitts to stay in there is four lines of Rifel pitts one behind the other and any amout of artillery write soon and often as possible your son Robert Moyle
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