I had relation in the 57th OVI

The Battle of Shiloh - April 6th, 1862
Head Quarters 57th Regt. OVI
3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Dept. of Tennessee, April 11th, 1862.

Editors Courier and the Jeffersonion:

Sirs, - Availing myself of the presence of A. Bushon. esq, of Findlay who is in our camp tonight, having arrived this afternoon, I drop you a line. The people of Hancock and vicinity are doughtless anxious to hear from their freinds and relatives in the 57th. We have passed through the most terrible battle that has ever been fought in America - perhaps in the world. I have not the time to descibe it; I could not do it if I tried. It is indescribable. The deeds of valor and individual daring performed by our soldiers on the 6th and 7th days of April, are unsurpassed in the annals of history.