Mount sterling ky
     June 22d 1863
My Dear woman I again
write to inform you that
I am well and hope
you all are the same
I have been looking
for a letter from you
for 4 or 5 days but get
none so I thought I would
write again we are
moving quite often
last Friday we moved
4 miles we dont know
how long we shall
stay in a place there is
rebels in the mountains
about 20 miles from here
but I think not a great
many we have 
pickets guards out
2 or 3 miles to day

but it proved to be
a false alarm we saddled
our horses and got into line
but did not go out of
Camp I don't think
we [] shall have any
[serious?] fighting to do very soon
this is very fine country
but [] water I got (line crossed through)
I have not heard from
wm since I wrote you
last [] we don't have much
to do at present except
when we march I send
you one dollar in money
and use it for that you
most need you must write
how little jesse gains
talking and what he says
about me and how the
boys gets a long with the
work and how the

Crops looks the horses
Cattle and hogs [pokes?]
Colts and so on and 
how the folks do generally
w hether the girls go to
school steady or not and
where jennette is
Dave Dodge is well
but Cant talk loud yet
and I don't think he
never will [?]
is as big a fool as ever
the health of the regiment 
is pretty good you must
write often as you can
tell the girls to
write to I cant think
of any more [?] of
importance to day so
yours in love good
By my Dear Mary
      Jesse Taft