Oct 28th 1862
Camp Lexington K.Y.
   Sister Emma
        Good Morning
how do you do and the rest of
the folks do this morning I
am well as for the other boys
that you know I do not know
how they are for yesterday
they went to the city for provost
guard I was on guard at
camp so I could not go I 
am not very sorry either the
boys thought that it was
going to be fun but I guess
that they dont find it quite
as nice as they expected for
Lieut Reed was up here 
last night and said that they
had not been relieved that
                                            ^d
wont be so mity fine to stan
around in the streets all night
yesterday I saw some cars
for the first since we left
camp Walace they looked
like home (it was only co. A that
went to the city) There is some very
handsome places in Kentucky
nice horses and yards but no
barns to amount to any thing
hardly ever find one [crossed out] [biger] larger
than Fathers. I have just been
over to Co. I. to see if Charlie
wanted to send any word but
he is going to finish one 
of his own to day he thinks
so you may have to read
the same thing over twice but
that wont make you feel 
very bad. I have got my 
dinner on just been out to the
railroad to see a train of
cars go a long they moved as
though they had some life in
them there were some passengers
The boys are making so
much noise that I cannot
think so I will stop for 
for the present. Well I have been
out and cut my nights
wood now for another try for
this letter it is so short a
time since I wrote before
but I suppose you like to
hear if I do not write
quite so much I have not heard
from Medina for a long time
the last time that I heard
from home I heard of Mothers
death I cannot tell whether
this is 4 or 5 letters that I have
written to you when you
answer this let me know how
many you have received you
will probably have answered
my other before you get this
this is the second that I have
              to you
written  ^   since I heard from there
I wrote to old put the other
day mail will come and go
a little quicker now than it
has done for the cars run
Lexington to Covington my
stock of writeable matter is
about run out so bye for
this time write soon and oblige
your Brother James.