as a flag of truce was reported
coming in. It was for the
surrended of the fort which
was of course refused.

June 28^th Sunday
Morning | a day that I shall
Ever remember | the Fort was
attacked by the rebels reported
2,000 strong. The Fort was
garrisoned by about 180 men
and nearly all convalescents.
The fight lasted about four
hours and commenced at
½ past one A. M.

The rebels were repulsed and
met with a very heavy loss
while ours was very small.
The "rebs" were commanded by
Brig. Genl Green and our
little force by Maj Bullen
of the 28 Maine Regt

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The Civil War was the first American conflict where most of the participants were literate, and many wrote about their experiences. W. Scott Keith (b. 1844), a native of Greenfield, Massachusetts, served as Sergeant in the Mass. 52nd Regiment. During the Port Hudson campaign in the spring of 1863, Scott became ill with dysentery and was twice hospitalized. While recovering at a Union convalescent camp in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, he and other soldiers considered unfit for duty repulsed a Confederate raid on June 28, 1863.

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