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| Letter from Patrick Cadle of Sagetown (Gladstone) written from Shiloh, 1862 |
Dear father,
I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines to let you know that I am still on the land of the living thank God for his mercy I thought belmont and fort donaldson was a pretty hard road to travel there was no more to the two days fighting here than if there was no battle at all for shot and shell fell heavier than a hail storm in the north the union boys contested every inch of ground though the rebels was five to one and at last we had to retreat to the river a deal of people gives credit to bueles forces the saved the day but the credit is due to the gun boats for if it was not for them the army was drove in to the tennessee and drowned or made prisoner dear father I am just here alone as if I droped out of the heavens my only comerade Jim Beck he is missing we went over the battle ground and cant find him dead or alive hugh Allen is gone bob kilPatrick is gone hen robins(?) Is gone and out of the little squad of us that left sagetown there is not a man of them in the compy but myself the compy is only a skeleton now tell Robert Beck that his brother James is missing
Dear father. I expressed you forty dollars for money is no use to me here for I dont know the minute I will be knocked off I hope you will have your money before this reaches you father I will come to a close no more at present from your affectionate
son Patrick Caddle
write and direct
Good-by
to Patrick Caddle Co E 7 Iowa Volunteers
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