Greene County IL Archives Military Records.....Callaway, DeWitt Clinton June 18, 1863
Civilwar - Letters Co. D,  32 Regt,  Ills Vol Brown UCS
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Civil War Letter
	June 18th                     Camp near Vicksburg 1863
                                                                 
Dear Brother
I received your letter of the 7th and was glad to hear that you was well.  
We left Grand Gulf on the 12th and arrived at Warrenton the same night.  
In the morning we got off the Boat and about noon marched to our present camp.  
We are camped about a mile from the rebel forts in a hollar rather on the left 
of our lines.  Vicksburg is completely surrounded from Warrenton to the Yazoo 
River.  Our pickets are so close that there is almost a continual Battle going 
on and our cannon are all the time throwing shells into the Sash camp.  We was 
on picket the other day and we tried our guns on every Reb that showed himself 
and they returned the complement, though only one of our Boys was wounded.  
There was two or three killed and wounded yesterday.  We will go on picket 
tonight and have a talk with the rebel picket.  The other night we had a 
long talk with the rebels. They asked us when we got our last mail and if 
we had any late papers.  We talked till about 10 oclock and then all went to 
bed.  Our men are all the time putting up big guns to rake Vicksburg.  Once 
in a while some deserters come over.  They say that we kill some of their 
men every day and that the men inside are getting discouraged.  I hope Ed 
that you are not down on the Army now.  No matter what is done it can't be 
helped and anything that helps to put down this wicked rebellion is all right 
even if we have negros in the field.  We might as well have them help us build 
fortifications and load boats and the rest of the heavy work as to have them 
doing what the rebels wants them to do.  I hope to live through the impending 
Battles and to go home and that there will be peace all over this great Country.  
Nothing More from your Brother
                                                                  
(Signed)   Dewitt C Callaway  
            


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