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Ceder Grove July 26th 1861 Deare sons I take my pen in hand to let you know how we are and how we are a agetting along we are all well and hop these few lines will find you both well we received youre letter on the 19th which had been looked for some time which we all most become in dispair the people generally seemed anxious to heare from you a greate many tended every mail day for a while every thing looked gloomy though the gloom now seemes to dispers that the lost is found the fighting about laurell hill the hardest fighting was on the rich mountain the enemy did not do much after all it seems they lost a good many more men on there side than we did in killed & wounded than we did they took some of our men prisoners which I was sorry to heare we have just finished cunnin the grass in the loot is fine our corn looks fine the best looking cor in the neighber hood our oats is short they are all un in shocks but the barn piece our rye and wheat is all out yet Ceder creek was verry fulls this week there are severally volunteer companies where a Catp Smith will have a company I think he has 50 and expets to make it out to morrow will make it out of his company Capt Kindricks company is a going to start in a few days for youre regiment B Cowan & J Gilmer is talking about going with his company to join houres Capt Candler has left 80 Capt Fuller Jesse & eighty vollunteered at the old court house a few days ago I thought I word say some things a bout a fite at manassas junction near Alexandria commened a bout seven days ago we come out vitoreous every time with great loos the enemy lost two to our one our side took a great qunty of there armies a good dell of arttorie on the first days fite the enemy left in great comfus they come out with a flag of truce to berry her dead and got to flinging up brast works and oure men commenced fireing on them and had a wounderful fight oure side repulsed they let in great confusion we took 1000 prisioners we thought that your uncle Vincent might have been taken by the enemy nothing more but remain your most affetonate pa ma C. Gilmer M. Gilmer | |