The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-03-07
A soldiers Letter.
ILo1Lo. p. L,
january 9th, 1900

am getting along. L acl as welliat
present as L ever was in my life.
and [ have never been sick since i
have been here, although there has
been lots of sickness in our compa,
ny in the last two months. Since
l wrote you last we have been out
on campaign eve. We left here
on the 9th of November and got
back the 9th day of December,
and we were out Just seven weeks
and we marched about 500 miles
over the mountains. We had three
battles on our trip and two Skin
mishes. We had the first battle
on the 18th of November at place
called San Bias, and itlasted about
55 minutes There we're only three
companies of us, about 375 men in
all, and there were about $50 Iu-
surgents entrenched on the top of
high ridge in front of small
town called San Miguel Go. A
and one. half of @ attacked the fire
of the enemy, while Go. p and the
other one,half of Q oherged the
ridge and drove the Insurgents
from their trenches. There was
not blue jacket touched while
the Insurgents loss could notibe
estimated, butit was very heavy.
They carried their deadand wounds
with them. After the fight we lad
to march back to Leon, town
about five miles distance from San
Bias and wait for rations. We
stayed there until the goth of Nov
ember, and started again and had
another battle at San Bias, but
it was much harder than the first.
After we left, the Rebels came back
to their trenches and dug more
trenches and received reinforce
ments. The fight began at lO:lO
O'Clock and lasted until Loo o'clt ok.
This time we had six mon wounded
in Company A, and five in the 26th
Vols. We had another fight on
the Goth of November, at Prssi, a
small town in the mountains. The
Rebels tried to ambush us at the
ford of river; they let us get with
in hundred yards of them before
they began firing. The fight lasted
about an hour and twenty-five min
utes. There were about 1900 Rob
els and about 1900 Blue Jays
There was a private and captain
killed out of the 18th. The next
day there were 53 dead Rebels
picked up and buried by the 9Th
Artillery. We were not bothered
again until the 10Th of December
whom the Rebels attacked the Pack
train at the ford of the river at Dao
but they were driven off without
doing any damage. TheytattqGked
the Pack train again on the 24th
at pass in the mountains, but
again they were driven off without
doing any damage. l would MOI
have been in the last two skirmishes
but [ was detailed to guard the
Pack train, Our Company has
been in the thickest of all the fir
!. ing and there has not been a man
touched, although several have
been shot through their clothes
At the battle at Passi, [ was shot
through the shirt twice and through
: the pants once, but [ was moi
touched either time Itseems like
was born to die natural death
at least [ hope so any way. -
We are going to go into Barracks
here for good, next week. [ think
we will be at home by this time
next year. The Colonel of our
Regiment ranks fourth in the, Is
lands. The 23rd and 14th are on
their why homo now, and the 18th
is ordered to start on the 22nd OF
February, and the 10Th comes next
The 10Th was in Porto Rico for
over a year before they came here
and they will go to the States pgein
as soon as some other Regiment
comos to take our place. The war
is about over here, now; there are
only four Islands that are not pRci-
fed yet, they are Luzon, Fancy,
Cebus and Negros, and they gre
about settled now. We were paid
on the End, and I deposited $50
with the paymaster, and had SIC
left to buy things I needed. Every
thing is so high that it takes about
81 to buy 81 worth in the States. :.
suppose you had good time
Christmas and New Year. Christi
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