Letter written by [unknown] from Camp Colombia to [unclear] on June 16, [no year]
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Camp Columbia (Camp Columbia) Jun 16
It affords me
much pleasure once mor (more)
to seet (seat) my self to address
a few lines to you in
answer to yours
of June the tenth. As I was not in
camp at the
time
of the arrival of yours
I was deprived of the
priviledge (privilege) of answering
immediately. There was
and [code?] came
to
the Colonel on the tenth
for him to have
three
days rations cooked
and be ready to march
in a moments
warning
at half past seven in the
in the evening we got the
order to march in less than
an half hour we wer (were) in
line ready to march.
We started out we knew
not where. All we knew a
a bout it was that we wer (were)
going out on a scout
We marched from eight till
three till we got to our
journies (journey's) end. We [l--?] there
wating (waiting) for the gun boats
about an hour and
they did not come so
we had to march right
back for about six or seven
to get out of danger of the
enimy (enemy) about six the boats
came up. But the Colonels
orders was not stay a
minute longer than [??]
a time. We laid down on the [Written in margins:] The following is written in the top margin of page 2.
Give me all the niws (news)
and rested the next day and
at night eve we
started once
mor (more) for Jamestown
Island (Jamestown
Island, Virginia)
We got there about twelve o
clock
this time and laid there till
morning. Then took the
Gun
Boat and saild up the
James
river (James River) for
about ten
miles to the mouth of
the
chickahoma (Chickahominy
River) when we landed
and took out through
the serounding (surrounding) country
for about ten miles
or mor (more) and captured
every thing we came
a cross that was
of enny (any)benifit (benefit) to
the Army in enny (any)
way we got some twenty
five or thirty head of
horses
and [??] those on for
Buggies I do not no (know) the exact [??]
of cattle we got
My Compliments to [M and M?]]
This was the hardest trip
we have had since
we
came out most every one
was done out. till
we searched the
Boat
Our Company was on Picket
so they did not get to go a
long. Now But Lieut
B. (B. (Lieutenant)) &
Capt.
and 7 of us. We expect to go
a gan (again) in a few days
Perhaps to night. There is
nothing new as
I here (hear) of
down here. The Ladies
of
Williamsburg (Williamsburg,
Virginia)
appear to be quite
uneasy the
morning we returned
Last weak (week) there was some [7?]
Regt. of Infantry & three
Battery
of Artilery (artillery) (7th? Regiment, Infantry, 3rd Artillery
Battery) Past our camp up
to the Six Mile
[Codnance?]
for two hold them in check
while the rest is making
moves
[written in the margin at the top of page 1:] Excuse this for I feel very
[ill? or?]
fatigued after the trip and will
need some rest if we
have ot go to night
again
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