From the 18th

A letter received by Mrs. Duncan from the Captain, dated Fort Smith, May 31st, says the health of those of Co. B, who are at the Fort was tolerably good. – Most of the Regiment had gone on a scout down the River, 16 of whom while straggling behind were charged on by the enemy, and killed or taken prisoners – 3 of whom are known to have been killed; whether any of them belonged to Co. B was not known. He says the Reg. has lost 150 men since it started on that Camden trip – and that the bushwhackers are thick within five miles of the Fort, to avoid whom,

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– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, June 18, 1864