Letter from Samuel Brackney to his uncle Wilson Brackney

Camp in the rear of vicburg

June the 26 63

Dear uncle

I again seat my self to let you know that I am well at present and hope that thes few lines me find you enjoying the same I have not received no letter from you but I thot meby thet you did not get it and I thot thet I wood try it a gain we have seen pretty hard times for a whole they do not look any better yet but I still look for better times a bout the time that we get in Vicburg our men bload up one of there forts on our left they bload it up then they let in with our artilery and muskery our men occupys the fort now so they tell me and have cannons plented on the top I tell you now thet it made a beeg fog wne it went up the dirt flew a bout tree top high and I do not know how high the men flew but I expect that there was some flew pretty high they still keep a voley of musketry on our left but kin not tell you this time I will try and tell you more a bout it the next time for a fellow don't dare to stick his head up a bove the brest works I tell you now it is a kind of a uneasy life for a fellow don't know whenhe will get shot we are now deeging a ditch that runs right strate up to there brest works they had me out las night a deeging a fellow can deeg with pretty good heart for I had rather do that then to make any more charges over thes hills they throad a good many of our men in then too charges that we did make but I think if we have to make any more that we will have support nearly all the way we can in our ditches

Well I must close my scribbling for this time but write soon
Samuel Brackney to Wilson Brackney
I will send in this letter our colonel address after he got home well you must excuse me for not paying the postage for they have played out.