Camp Nelson July 26th /63
Dear Sister
I received your
letter last Friday and was glad 
to hear from you I wrote to you
the the other day and directed
it to Richland so I thought
I would write again to day
my health is getting pretty
good now Erastus is well he
is on guard to day. our Regiment
is scattered a good ways now the
most of them left the night
of the 4 after morgan the last
we heard of them part was at
Covington Ky the rest was
at Buffington they was in the
fight with morgan the Col-
got a letter from the Regt that
they took 300 prisoners and 3.50
Horses they marched 16 day
the next morning before daylight
for the mountains there was
about 16 of our Company left
to take care of the camp I was
one of them that was left they
got to where the Rebels were about
3 ocloc the 10th Kentucky had
Engaged them as soon as they
saw
our Regiment and the 9 Mich
they ran up the sides of the
mountains our men had a 
battery and they let the 
shells fly up [illegible] after them
lively there was but two Co
of Regt that shot with their 
Rifles our Co was guard for the
Battery they took about 90
prisoners and over 100 horses
I dont know how many
was killed of the Rebels there
was only [crossed out][th] two of our Regt
that got seratehed at all
the Rebel Prisoners
said they did not want
to fight against such guns
[crossed out][as] as we had for we kept
Shooting all the time
without loading our Rifles
Shoot seven times and our
Revolvers six without load
ing  we left our Camp
near Mt Sterling yesterd
ay morning and got here
about 11 oclock last night
they are getting the Horses
shod to day we expect to go
to Hickmans Bridge tomorrow
Erastus is well he was
in the  Skirmish the Boys
found all sorts of stuf that
the Rebels had stole from
the [illegible] Erastus did not
not hear what Co he belonged
to  we have our water to draw
about one mile the corn looks
good no more at present
write soon Direct as before
From your Brother Robert
      to Helen Rogers