Barrier begins: "Since writing my last letter we have driven the enemy about two miles in the direction of Bermuda Hundred which is at the confluence of the James and Appomattox." He lists some of the casualties and reports that Maj. Gen. Hoke complimented the regiment on its bravery. Barrier says he has been "very unwell" for several days, but has remained in the field despite his illness. "The prospect of our cause," he writes, "is brightening every day, although we are called upon to mourn the loss of many good men." He asks his father to write him immediately, direct to Petersburg, Virginia.