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Near Petersburg V. A.
July 14th 1864


Dear Sister


I take this favourable opertunity to let you know that I am well at present and hope those fiew lines may find you the same  I received your letter of June 17th yesturday  it seams to run in my mind that I have received a letter from you and answerd it since that date though I may be mistaken and tharefore I will scribble you a fiew lines  you wanted to know in your letter weather the rebbels holds the ground that we fought on the day that Enos was misen  they did the last I hurd from their  I suppose you all no that we lost over 


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one half of our men that went in on the charge and they most of them fell close to the rebbel trenches  I cant explain eavrey thing to you  Enos mite have laid down wen he found that we was repulsed instid of retreaten off the field  their was two men of company H and Enos that cant be acounted for  Cap Lewis laid on the field till after dark  when he come in our company was on the left and company F was on the right and that throad Enos and mee so for appart that I couldent see after him  the way that we come to be on the left was our company was taken out before the regt


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was and deploid as skermishers to drive in the rebbel sharp shooters and wen the regt come in on a charge we ralied on the left  this is about all that I can tell you about the butchery  it wont do for us to get down harted for this and we wont  I must bring this to a close  no more


please write soon 


G. K. Pierce


Direct to Co. D. 97th regt P.V.
3rd bigade 2nd division
tenth corps via
Fortrefs Monroe [Fort Monroe]


[envelope with postage stamp]


[stamped] OLD POINT COMFORT VA JUL 17


Miss Mary J. Pierse [Pierce]
Wilmington Del