Lexington June 24th /63
Dear Sister 
     I received yous 
of the 14th the 22nd and was glad
  hear
to from you and to hear that you
were well I have been quite
unwell since I wrote to you last
am some better now but am very
weak yet we have been on forced
marches [crossed out letter] and I have been along
all but two days we left Lietrm-
ans Bridge [crossed out][one] one week ago last
Saturday night after some
Gurrillas we marched all night
Saturday night and all day
Sunday morning in the aftern
oon we camped within about
25 miles of the cumberland
mountains [crossed out word] we camped there
till the next morning then
all that [crossed out][was] was able started
and [crossed out][nights] 12 nights so they only
had 4 nights to rest there is
about 40 of our Regt about 10
miles from here guarding
beef Cattle there is [illegible] 1,360
of the Cattle all the tents are
here and most of their blankets
we are Camped in the woods
about 3/4 of a mile of the Ky
River we have had three other
Camping Grounds withing 11/2
miles of here some places
along the River the Rocks are 
400 feet straight up and down
one place between here and
the River on the lower side
of the road it is over 200 feet
strait dow the other day a 
four mule team run off
where it was about fifty feet
down it killed three of the
mules and the driver
we live pretty well here
we have pork Beans Beef
and rice we have Bakers
Bread tea and Coffee our
sugar and molasses is the
smallest rations that we 
have we have a mess of
Blackberries every few day
ther is five or six of our
Boys out today picking Berries
two of our Co was wounded
in the fight at Buffington
one in the head mortaly.
the other in the leg
one of Co G was accidentaly 
shot on the Road he was 
   one
the that shot Andrew
Whalen the day we left
Covington Andrew Whalens
folks used to live back of
Leroy Cummings there
one wounded that I did
have a change to get any
thing for he was on picket
as soon as the fight was ovr
the wheat looks good
where we have been it is
most ready to cut
no more at present
Write soon and Direct as
before
yours in the cause of liberty
[crossed out][From you]
From your Brother Robert
       To Helen Rogers