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1863-06-06 Charles A. Gates to Mr. Arad Gates Page 1
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camp Reserve Artillery June 6th Dear Father as I have a few leisure moments I will improve them. I received your letter of May 23th in due time it found me well an enjoying good health. We are still in the camp where I wrote to you last but don't know when we may move. Our force threw a bridge across the river yestday [sic. yesterday] afternoon nere [sic. near] where Franklin crossed last fall and crossed the river and drove the rebs out of there rifel [sic. rifle] pitts [sic. pits]. They were building close by the bank of the river last night about 12 o'clock. There was quite a
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camp Reserve Artillery June 6th Dear Father as I have a few leisure moments I will improve them. I received your letter of May 23th in due time it found me well an enjoying good health. We are still in the camp where I wrote to you last but don't know when we may move. Our force threw a bridge across the river yestday [sic. yesterday] afternoon nere [sic. near] where Franklin crossed last fall and crossed the river and drove the rebs out of there rifel [sic. rifle] pitts [sic. pits]. They were building close by the bank of the river last night about 12 o'clock. There was quite a
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