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1865-04-03 Page 2
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We lay in a ravine the same as we did at Vicksburg and the Rebels had a Battery planted so as to shell the ravine, and did do it pretty badly one day, but they have moved it now and we feel a little better Satisfied They threw six 64 pound shells and they busted right by our Company you bet we got into our Rifle pits about as soon as Yanks ever did and we had not been in our rifle pits ten minutes when a shell came along and lit right by the pit and exploded and threw the dirt and logs all over us fortunately it hurt none of us, but we got out of them Rifle pits as soon as our [legs?] could carry us Well you must wait till tomorrow John Reed has detailed me to sharp shoot today and I wont be back before five oclock this evening April 4" I will try and finish this now I made the Johnies mad yesterday I fired 160 rounds at them and I dont know that I hit a man they have logs laid on top of their works and they fire under them we fired under them too and I put a good many Shots under their logs They shelled us some yesterday with their Mortars the Shells came very near falloing on us but we watched for them and dodged them [blank] [Here?] I must tell you about our mortars I have seen almost every kind of a gun but I never saw a wooden mortar till last night our [men?] has made some and are going to use them today they are made of Sweet [Gum?] with hoops of iron around them they are made after the same pattern that the iron one are and they shoot a 12 pound shell We are using a good many mortars here the first I ever saw used (illegible) land they do some good execution The Boys are all well and doing well Tom is fat as a hog and one of our best marksman he just more than shoots at the Grey coats
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We lay in a ravine the same as we did at Vicksburg and the Rebels had a Battery planted so as to shell the ravine, and did do it pretty badly one day, but they have moved it now and we feel a little better Satisfied They threw six 64 pound shells and they busted right by our Company you bet we got into our Rifle pits about as soon as Yanks ever did and we had not been in our rifle pits ten minutes when a shell came along and lit right by the pit and exploded and threw the dirt and logs all over us fortunately it hurt none of us, but we got out of them Rifle pits as soon as our [legs?] could carry us Well you must wait till tomorrow John Reed has detailed me to sharp shoot today and I wont be back before five oclock this evening April 4" I will try and finish this now I made the Johnies mad yesterday I fired 160 rounds at them and I dont know that I hit a man they have logs laid on top of their works and they fire under them we fired under them too and I put a good many Shots under their logs They shelled us some yesterday with their Mortars the Shells came very near falloing on us but we watched for them and dodged them [blank] [Here?] I must tell you about our mortars I have seen almost every kind of a gun but I never saw a wooden mortar till last night our [men?] has made some and are going to use them today they are made of Sweet [Gum?] with hoops of iron around them they are made after the same pattern that the iron one are and they shoot a 12 pound shell We are using a good many mortars here the first I ever saw used (illegible) land they do some good execution The Boys are all well and doing well Tom is fat as a hog and one of our best marksman he just more than shoots at the Grey coats
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