May the 5th 1865
      Athins State of Georga
  
    Dear father now having an
oportunity to write to you I will
improve the time and inform you
that I am well and hope these
fiew lines will find you the
same we are still on the march and
whear we are going to now is
more that I can tell but I think
to Missipi the report is hear now
that Lee and Johnson has surendered
all the states and this part of the
country east of the chaladocha river
to out forces and the report is
that General lee is killed but probly
you have heard all this before now
I have passed through some considerable
of country since we started on this
saw some very nice country and som
very rough country I passed buy the
bald mountain the highest peak
in the blue rain and was prety near

[Written upside down at the top of letter]
Mr Webster Teachout
Co L 11 Michigan Cavelry
Knoxville Tenna
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the top of it I had a view of a
very nice landscape it was worth
                              North 
seeing that was in ^ south carolina
then we passed through into South
Carlina and their we came to a 
mountain called Seayor head their
we had still nicer landscape than
before we could see just as far as
our nicked Eye would let us
right over the rest of the mountains
and valies oh it was a splendid
sight the nicest thing I ever saw
then we passed on through South
Carolina so on into Georga this
is more of a levil state that
part whear I have ben their corn
and eaten is just up nice and
all the gardings are nice as can bee
gardin sauce and things are plenty hear
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now I picked all the ripe sta^buries
and ait the first day of may that I
could eat that is sonthing that I never
done before corn has ben high enough
to cultivate for the past weak or
ten days we are having very fine
weather hear now and very warm

and dry so it makes it very
dusty traveling Old General Lear
and Johnsons army is disbandered
and sent home they come scattering
through our lines evry day they
dont pay no more tention to
them them they do so many hags
tell them to go home and stay
their and take care of their farms
and families and they say that
they will and never will fight
us again they have disbandened
all their forces but those in
Missipi and they had better do it
their I dont know wheather we are
going to go to Missipi now or
whear some thinks that we are
 going to Chatanuga from hear
and some thinks not for my part
I dont care if they will fetel my
male to me and give me a chance
to send some back I keep just 
as fat as ever and weigh 182 pou
nds all the rest of the Rome 
boys are well and fat as cubs
all in good spirits thinks rebbion

is plaid all the disbadndened men
sais that it is all through with
I keep the same horse I started
with he is the only one that is
in our count  company now all
the rest has plad out and is
left I have ben of from the
comand three and four dais at
a time hunting horses with him
run and gaded him around enough
to kill half a dozen but he is
prety well plaid now but I haint
afraid of being dismounted for the 
boys steal from fifty to a hundread
horses a day and fetch into the
comand and them that has poor
horses takes them keep up good spirit
if you dont hear from me in a
good while again for I dont know how
long before you will hear from me again
I will rite just as soon as I can the
chance I have now in buy a conductor
of the railroad which runs to this place
he sais that he is going some whear in our
				reckalect
lines with a flag of tince I dont no^
whear but he said he could cary mail if I
wanted to rite I remain as ever you son W Teachout

[Written on left side of letter] 
Direct as before Knoxville Tenn
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