[Written upside down on top of Page]
Direct the same as before
to Lexington
         
               Danville K.Y.
No 16      March 3rd /63
           It has been
some time since I have
writen to or heard from
you are you well and
the rest of the folks
I am well. You have
probably heard about 
our leaving Lexington
I have not had a letter
since I have been
here I left Jerry there
he had not got over
the mumps Charlie
was left also We have
got the most pleasant
camp that we have
had about a mile from
[crossed out] [do] Danville I suppose
you would like to know
some thing about our
march here. The first
day we marched 20
miles in the afternoon
it snowed considerable
we stopped at night
in a field on a [illegible]
farm the Col told us
to stack our guns and
pitch into the rails
we pitched our tents
and scraped the snow
out got some hay and 
straw and built a good
fire in our stove so we
made it quite comfort-
-able the next morning
(which was sunday) we
struck tents and marched
to Danville 15 or 16 miles
pitched our tents and
got some more rails and
hay and stopped for three
days. Thursday afternoon
we [crossed out] [went] struck tents
and marched down
town went into a
church and staid until
sunday night or afternoon
we [crossed out] [wen] came out here
where we may stay one
  day
^ or 4 months we do not
know which it will be.
That box I presume is
at Lexington the boys
will take care of it.
I should like to get 
my hand into it.
I have sold my watch
am to get $23, next
pay day sold it to
A.J. [illegible] a good
                                      t  
honest fellow I though^
it was a good chance
so I let it slip made
$3 on it was worth
most it much for me
to have in the army
it dont hury the time
any, and as Clark
said if I [crossed out] [said] should
he snatched it is good
bye watch. We have got
to traveling about and
no knowing where
we shal stop. Some of
the boys think we shal
start back for Lexing
-ton before many days
but we do not know
any more about it than
you do, if we are going
to stay in K.y. I would
like to stay in Lexington
for there we get mail
every day, here we do
not get it so regular
there we were close to
the rail road and evry
thing was handy but
I must stop so good night

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James