th
                                feb 13 1864
                               Lexington
                                               Ky
Mrss baker i now
take my pen in hand
to let you no that
i am well at present
And I hope [illegible mark] the are fue lines
Will find you the same i rece
your letter the 12 of this month
And was glad to hare from
you. and to hear that you ar
Well or was then the laides
of Lexington ky got up a dinner
for the rigement it was splen
dnd it beat every thing i ever
Saw every one [illegible mark] said it was
the best meal of vicuals they
ever had eaten .it was got up
in such a  nice style you better
believe after we [illegible mark] had got

Done eating we hurahed
for the laides that got up this
Dinner i think we. will
leave heare the first of March
for tennasee i surpose Miss
[Manl?] is on hur [illegible in original] because
hur shon is at home i guse
the men folks ar pretty well
thind out in that neighbor
hood by this time Marriah
Seames to fee1 afful big of her
Old brindle cow and pigs and
ducks how does Mis vantyle
get along with u hur faml
ey jennie does anran bother you
if he does you tel me and ill
Well i tell what i make him
Do i make him get you some
gum that will suite Magie
And dolie & yu and marry
jim has got to be a lieutenant

Buley for him what fore a
School do you have this winte
                                                 r
I wish you could see how i am
writing this leter all hump up
and writing on [illegible mark] my nees
Well i will tel1 you something
About the country it is very stone
heare the soil isent more than
6 or [illegible crossout] inches deap then it coms
                7
on a solid lime stone watter
is plenty full heare they ar plow
ing for corn heare the timber is
princable white ash seader and
locus and once in a while we
come a crost a hard mapple thar
Is no beach thare is lots of nice
houses [illegible in original] going to ruin they
Wer rebels that went out of
them the monument of henry
Clay is not very far from
camp the boys ar all well

excepting gilbert powers he has
not nt ben f'it for [illegible crossout] deaty
since we have ben heare tell
mother not to worry about
me you must excuse me this time
[illegible crossout] for not writing more i must
Bring my letter to a close
So good By f from
Albert Boyce to Mrs Baker


Directions
Albert Boye.
th
11 Mich vol cav
    Co I
    Lexington
                   ky
or else whare