BERMUDA HUNDRED BATTLE LETTER A good war-date sixteen-year-old soldier's battle letter 6pp. 8vo. by Pvt. Edward B. Holt (severely wounded in the leg at Drewry's Bluff Va. May 13 '64) Co. E 3rd New Hampshire Vols. ""Camp between the James river and the railroad from Richmond Petersburg"" May 11 1864. In part: ""…we left Gloucester the 4th of May took the steamer Thos. Jefferson and came up here…marched about 8 miles…was on picket Sunday...We took the railroad and marched about 4 miles to where they had a battle Saturday. Our folks drove them and destroyed the railroad. We laid there awhile and moved on…we came on to the Rebs. We had skirmishers out and the Rebs fired on them and then let us have a whole volley. We laid down so no one was hurt but they flew…as thick as hail…then our whole regt fired. Some of them fired rite over us. We fell back a few rods and laid there in the road…some of the boys slept but I did not…in the morning we fell back and put out our picket...I went out for one…we saw the Rebs…just over the river where they had a battery and some rifle pits. We moved down the road to where the regt laid. We marched up and down the road twice then we got word that Grant had drove Lee and he was coming down on our right…came on up to the front where the battle was. The 7th Ct. and an Ill. regt had drove the Rebs while we were there. They came down with a flag of truce to get their dead out of the woods that was on fire. Our loss was not very heavy…the 1st 4 companies deployed as skirmishers…I laid down and was asleep in 3 minutes…one of our company got accidentally wounded at a well getting water. The ball went through his right leg. It did not hit the bone…we know nothing of what we shall do next…I trust we shall hold out to destroy the rebel army…we have destroyed miles of rail road between Petersburg and Richmond…"".Very good.