Camp Blair Oct 8th 1862

	      I take this opportunity
to write you a few lines. I suppose
you received a letter from me
last weak & I thought I would
write again as thare is prospect of
our moving soone. we had maching
orders last night but the order was
countermanded one account of our
horsses not being shod. the Blacksmitths
have been very buisy to day & we
shall be ready to move in a few
			         bean
days.. 7 or 8 of our Boys have ^ over to
Louisville this after noon for teams
to take our baggage our Captain goes
with us on all such expeditions
he is one of the best men our
reg.. affords perhaps you would like to
know how we enjoy ourselves here in camp
first rate most of the time some times
				over

we have the blues a little but not very
often    Oct 13th 1862   I have time
	         more
to write a few ^ lines to you and will
improve it we left Jeffersonvill the 10th have
been on the mach for over three days we
are now about seventy miles from Louisvill
on the Louisvill & Bardstown Stone road
the Rebles are one the retreat now they
had a goodeal of a Battle for the 9th at
Perrysville camped thare last night in sigh
of the Battle Field all yesterday after
noon we meet long trains of waggonns
loaded withe wounded going Back to
Bardstown we come up to the Field of
Battle a little before sundown our dead
ware all Buared but thee Rebles ware
not we could see 10 or a dozzen lying black
in the Field and one laying side of the
road whare he had lain for three days
they will all be buared as quick as they
     do it			to
can ^ but own must be tended ^ first
our loss was 300 Killed and seven hundred
wounde the Rebles ware badley whiped and wer
					over

retreating befor us but a few miles [ahead?]
and we expect another battle before many 
days Lucy I never want you to see such
a sight as we saw yesterday it is bad
rough to see death at home but to see
men that have been killed in Battle after
they have lain 3 or 4 day is more than an-
ything I ever saw before and I hope I never
shall see such a sight again. I guess I have
        enough
written ^ on this subject and will stop
the Boys from our way are all well and feel
well the reason I have not writen to you
oftener is bcause I have not had time
and not because I have not thought
of you we have stoped to feed our horses
one Reble corn and I have improved what
little time I had. we are now in sight
of the rear of the Reble army and
expect a fight right way I have no
more time to write now will finish it
when I get time if I dont have a chance
to send it right away    Yours Truly as Long as I live
Write Sone			O.E. Gooding
Direct to Louisville Kentuckey

Oct. 14th we stoped last night at
		              v
Dansville the Reeble ca^alry had left
thare only the morning before we ware
caled up at 11o'clock in the morning and
Sent on with two other regiments to find
out whare the enemy ware we kept
on till most daylight when our advance
guard ware fired up on by the Rebles
we all stoped on a hill on [2 words illegible in original]
a half dozen shells over our heads
but did no harm our artilery come upt 
and opend on them When they skeddled
in a hurry the Rebles had one col..
of mortaly wounded we are now going
on in present thar was none of our hurt
(I shall send this if I have a chance)
right away, dont think any thing if
you dont hear from me very often
as I dont have much time to
write I have writen this while the horses
are resting

		Your etc
	      O.E. Gooding