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Knowing we were going t< move, I was up all night packing. We started on the 27th of June to go into the Seven Days' Battle near Richmond. We marched out to the Mechanicsville Turnpike, where we remained until about nine o'clock at night when we were ordered to march across the Chickahominy River. We marched over near Mechanics ville and encamped about two o’clock, and were awakened about daybreak by shells falling around us. On tne 28th the battle of Gains’ Mill was fought. Pickett's Brigade charged down a gradual slope, about four hundred yards, in the face of three lines of infantry, in a ravine and on the side of a hill behind breastworks and sixteen pieces of artillery on the top of the hill. They took all three of the fines of infantry, and then took the artillery. Some of the artillery men were running, trying to get away. Our men were tiying to catch them and while in that disorganized condition, the Union Cavalry charged them. Seeing the cavalry coming, they collected in little squads and waited until they were as near as they wanted them, then fired a volley at them and they ran away. Gen. Pickett was wounded in this battle. Col. Hunton was in command of the brigade now. Before we went into this battle, 1 took the negro boys and horses across the Chickahominy to a place of safety. I told them to stay there until I came for them. After the battle was over, I fed
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