From your last I would infer you have not had a letter for sometime or at least it seems to me so events have crowded on us for some time so that it seem as though it ought to be a long time since your last was written. I witnessed the fight at Grand Gulf we were about 3 miles off but had a fair view of the battle it was the grandest sight I ever beheld it was purely a Naval Engagement. The gun boats had it all to do I made a joint effort to describe it in one of my former letters to you which you have recieved probably by this time. We were marched across the point of land on the opposite side from the enemys works camped below for the night and got aboard the transports steamed down the river about 12miles and landed on the Mississippi shore where we formed in to brigades sent skirmishers out to recon___ and find their where abouts they returned reported no rebs. in sight and got something to eat then look up our line of march through the country soon got into a hilly country the change produced a happy effect the scenery was magnificent large trees of Magnolia were constantly presented to out view covered with flowers white as the driven snow and large as panahm that we traveled till about two-o-clock at night got in sight of the Battle Field Of Thompson Hills (called now BY GRANT Battle of Grand Gulf) I there wrote to you after the battle giving you an account of that as I will not say more about thinking you have recieved it this the next day we started in persuit of the Rebs. and have been following them ever since till we holed them at Vicksburg up to that time if you have recieved my letters you are posted slightly on the fort we took we were in battle immediately after a march of 40 miles with very little rest and undertook to charge their works at the point of the bayonet after going a 1/2 mile on the Double Quick found the distance to great and the order was countermanded we were under a most terrific fire of grape shells and shot our Sargeant Major and Col. were slightly wounded also our Brigadere dangerously we remained on the fields of battle 4 1/2 days the last day attempting an other charge. The way the enemy opened on the colum I think our Generals thought it had policy to attempt to drive them out of their works at the point of Bayonet. The next morning we marched to Big Black where we have remained ever since I have not been on duty much sense we came here our picket once last night or rather this morning before day light one of the pickets from our Reg. was shot the ball hit him below the knee giving him a pretty severe wound his name is Brown Co D I do not know how long we have them afoul and cannonading them everyday besides giving them Hell with musketry when ever they show themselves. Tell McKnight I did not recieve a letter from him but would like to give him and all friends my kind regards tell them to keep the Copperheads strait till we get through here and if they want anything rough there we are the bay o that can give it to them tell William E. Laremore that his brother was wounded in the fight at or near Raymond and I went to see him everyday we stayed there and after we left the Rebs. came there and had a glorious victory they rushed on the hospitals with over powering numbers compeling our sick and wounded to surrender after which they paroled those that were unable to go and they had to hold up his hand while they took the oath he died a few minutes after they then went to the burrying ground and paroled the dead there. Please direct Col. Spiegel Com of French resigned when we were at Youngs Point and has not been here since.