Camp near Burlin Maryland
July 17th /63

Mr. J Hill
Cousin John
I was the happy recipient of an epistel of yours dated 4th
and 5th was glad to hear that you was enjoying good health
and to say that the same blessing is still being bestowed on
your humble servant A. F. Hill. I suppose you have heard of
us having a very hard fight before this but I will tell you a
littel more. Just the names of the killed and wounded in our
Company. Killed: Fred Fulk and Joseph Reedman. Wounded:
Frank Nelson, John Clark[1], James and John Slocum, James Reed,
James M. Hill[2], Wm Fulk and a good many more but it is not
worth naming them as they are strangers to you but I will
give you the number wounded and missing. Wounded: 19,
Missing: 6, Killed: 2. That is a pretty heavy loss for the
first fight, is it not. Gumry[3] is not very badly wounded,
only flesh wounds in the left arm and leg. It is that same
G. Bell that lived in Cochranton that was our orderly, he is
now second Lieutenant and a first rate fellow he is. He and
G.C. Leong are my tent mates. I saw Andrew Montgomery[4] and
James Carringer[5] today. Andrew is well but James is not very
stout, the hard marching kills him off, he said if they
continue marching any length of time he would not be able to
keep up. I have stood it very well and did not get a scratch
in the fight though the Boys fell around me. I hope I may
always be as lucky. I saw Will McCutcheon[6] too a few days
ago. He was well and is the same old Boy yet if not a little
more so. The last word I had from home the folks was all
well. We expect to cross the River back into old Virginia in
the morn. We have been waiting since noon yesterday for the
pontoons to be laid. The 5th Corps has started this eve and
I expect we will go in the morning as soon as we can get
started. What Boys we have (only 18 in number) are in good
spirits. Nothing more at present only remains your
affectionate cousin A. F. Hill. John Hill write soon

A.F. Hill
Co H 150 Regt PV
Washington DC

[1] John Clark (840) is a first cousin

[2] James M. Hill (380) is a brother of AF Hill (379)

[3] James M. Hill (380), brother of AF Hill (379)

[4] Andrew Carnahan Montgomery (788) is a second cousin of AF Hill (379)

[5] James Carringer (828) is a first cousin of AF Hill (379)

[6] William McCutcheon (714) is a first cousin of AF Hill (379)