March 20th 1865
Dear father now having
a fiew leasure moments to
spend I thought I would
answer your kind letter
which I received to day and
was glad to hear that you
was all well I can say the
same buy my self and all
the rest of the boys except
Denton Flemings we had to 
leave him in the hospital
at Knoxville he was prety
hard up when we left him

[Written upside down at top of letter]
just got his photograph
and I will send it to 
you and wish you would
put it in my album
for me and tell all
who inquires who it is
for he was a brave and
noble man I remain as ever
your son Webster Teachout
Please Direct to Knoxville Tenn
[End]

it seems to bee in his
side he has a heard
pane all the time in
his back and side I dont
know what the [?] ohters call
it we are now mooving
Slowly towarge the front
we moove just about
evry other day from 8 to
16 milds we moove just as
fast as they can repair the
railroad and there is some
12 to 15 hundread men
to work/on it all the
while we are on the Linch
burg railroad in Tennasee
the on that leads right
to the Salt ville we are
in General Thomas Comand
there is some 100 thousand
troops hear and at Straburg
plains which is only 16
milds from hear and
som at knoxville

they say that they are 
going to moove and repair
the railroad untill they meat
the rebs they are reparing
one end and our folks
ar reparing the other
and their will bee a point 
of meeting some whear and
see which has the best right
to it I received that photograph
also those postage stamps
which was in the letter
postage stamps are hard to
get down hear and also letters
are hard to mail hear for
there are no regular mail
 runs we only get mail only 
once in a weak or to
so if you dont hear 
from me very often you
need not worry for I will
right just as often as I can
and I want you to right
to letters a weak and

I will asnswer all I can of
them tell all the rest of
the friends to right if they
dont hear from me have
you received that money
which I expressed to you
if not right and let me 
know and if you have
do the same I sent you
Sixty Dollars 12=five Dollars
bills I rote to you that
I should send another
box from Knoxville but
I did not send it for
it would cost as much 
to express them as they are
worth I wish that you
would send me James photograph
which is in my Album when
you right again I have got
out Lieutenant Cornal which
got shot on the first
Salt ville raid I have