Mr. Webster Teachout Co. A 11th Mich
      Cavelry Lexington Ky
that is the direction
            Lexington Kentucky
            Sep 11th 1864
     Dear father now having
arived to our regiment
I thought it a good time
to wright you a few lines
and let you know how
we get a long I am well
and tough as ever we
got to camp yester day
about 4  oclock just about
                                         on
one mild South of Lexingt^ 
it is a very fine camp
on a nice of ground in
a grove of maple and
black walnut their is 
a very heavy tirf over
it so a rain dont  make 
it muddy the most

of the regiment is off
on a scout they went
after John morgan but
 he was killed before they
got whear he was so they
are movving some forage
from burnsides point to
some other place i have
forgot the place but
they are a garding trains
they wont be back under
10 or 12 days the rest of
the boys sais their
is hank cale hear in 
camp he is the only one
that I know and I cant
get in company H what
I wanted to go in but
I have got In company
A the boys sais that
is a good Company so  

about half of the Rome
boys has gon in that
and the rest was lucky
enough to get in Co.
                                 fied
H but I am well satis^
with my place I like
soldiering first rait so
far and i shal all the
time if i can have my
health Eugene is tough
they say and with the
regiment there is one
in our company what
is sick is that is Fomiy
Stoddard Ed Stoddards
brother he is in the
Lexington hospital
I dont now what the
matter is yet I haint 
heard did you get 
my money that I 

                   r
sent by cha^les Woodam
their was 190 Dollars in
the invelope I did not
open it but that was 
what their should have
                      also go buy
ben and  alsa^ 
Mr Palmer and my watch
did you get that my
pance and coat is out
to Jackson I let mat
Payne take them before
I knew that they was 
a going to send home a 
box he will bring them 
when he comes down that
way in the course of to
   three
or [?]^ weaks we shal send 
a box from hear before long
and I shal send some things in
it if I have had any leters come
since I have ben gone male them
and send them along wright
just as son as you get this I 
want to hear from home

[Written on right side of letter]
you may direct to me
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