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March 17, 1862
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September 17, 1862
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October 1862
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November 26, 1862
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Obituary
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Rivers and Rails
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Smith Genealogy
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Page 41 of 63
Burnsville, Mississippi
Wednesday night, Sept. 17th, 1862
My Dear Wife:-
You will have to excuse me for my seeming neglect, for it has been impossible for me to address you since the 5th inst. I commenced to write to you about the 12th and wrote considerable intended to finish it and send it to you the next morning, but we was called to march and now my letter is in my box with the books, but I don’t know when I shall see it and it will be longer before you see it.
We are really into war now. We have been fighting, retreating, advancing and fighting for several days. Last Saturday we was attacked at Iuka and repulsed the enemy. John Bell was slightly wounded in the shoulder, William Arnold touched in the foot, Sergt. Bucannon mortally wounded and died yesterday. Yesterday we fought the enemy about six miles, till dark, then again fell back here after night. I expect we will have a battle tomorrow or the next day between here and Iuka, how it will end, God only knows. If I have the privilege of getting through it, I will then give you some of the details of our march and countermarch for the last few days and nights. As John Bell is with the wagons I hope he has had a letter wrote home before now. We lost but few men yesterday, none in our Company. We went to a house today and found a dead rebel killed yesterday. We are being heavily reinforced here from Corinth, Jackson and Bolivar. I think we will have rather a warm time of it and possibly this is my last letter to you. I hope not however.
Those men that were discharged were W.M.Sergt. Frederick Triebel, G.W. Haley and Thomas C. Hadley. I expect Triebel has visited you before now, if not you may expect him soon, as he told me he would see you, and he wrote a line telling me he left the carpet sack and that he would go and see you soon. I have received quite a lot of letters lately which I have not answered, but will as soon as I get time to sit down a moment. In the meantime I hope they will all continue to write to me.
The note from mother I was glad to receive. If I am permitted to get through this matter now pending, I will write to her. I now bid you Good night.
William A. Smith
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