October 5th 1862
		Dear sister
	it seems to me a great
while since I have heard from any
of you at home I have got over the
measles now but I am very weak
yet we are in louisville now I got
here yesterday Israel is here with me
now he is sick to we had a good
time a comming down here I wish you
could see what I have the
Rebels are within 14 miles of us now
our men went out yesterday to
meat them tell mother not to
worry about me because I
can take care of my self
when we get out of meat we
try to find a sesesh hog &
we generly find one I have not
got to my Regiment yet the moring
we got here our Regt marched out
so I could not get any money yet

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the african gentlemen [illegible in original] are verry plenty here

but as soon as possable I will send
some all I have got is one dollar
I hope when you get this you
will write to me tell all the
folk to write to me I dont
fl fell under any obligations to
write to any bod till they write
to me then I will try to answer
them    direct your letters to
Guy I Scofield   Company H
23 Reiment Michigan Infav
Cincinnatti Ohio	      antry
I cannot write any more now
my han trembles so I can hardly
write atall but I think we shall
be home in afew months & then
I dont think we shall have to 
come back again there has ben
one of our Co got poisend by
the Rebels but I dont eat any
thing but what I know where
it comes from I dont go to any
grocery to get any thing to eat
atall because there are a great many

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sesesh here that pretent to be [illegible in original] men they will poisen

October 5th 1862
Dear ma and pa. I have
not heard from you since I 
left home. But I should be
very glad to, you must write
once aweek any way. and now
as I think of Dear Grandma
I want you to tell her that
She is not forgotton byme
and that she Still remains
dear to my memory. and
always will. I am not verry
well at the present nor have not
                                           I
been for f over a wek. but ^ am
getting better now. my old clothes
were Stolen from me or I 
should have sent them home
but you have other things of
more consequence to remember
me by. I have moved from
the camp where I was but
I am still in Lou sight
of Louisville. Direct your
letters the same as I told you

evry soldier they can get a chance
to they are the men we look out
for but I must stop now 
so Good by from your
Brother in [Contuckey?]
I send you some veres

the other time that I wrote
to you & where ever I am
they will follow me up tell
fan Fanny and Willie that
[Illy?] would like to see them verry
much Inded let Fanny write some
in your letters. Kiss Willie for me
and tell Fanny that next
Pay day I will send home some
money and She Shall have
a new dress out of it. now ma
if you dont write before long
I shall feel Dis couraged
from your true and Loving
Son in Kentucky. Give my 
Love to all and keep a good
Share for you and the pa
and the children. Good bie
	 from your Son I Guy