Lenore Tenn
            June 6th 1865
Dear father now having a 
fiew leasure moments to spend
I thought I would answear your
kind letter which I received this 
morning it was riten the 29 of
May I was glad to hear from
you but I dont get as meny 
letters as I should like to from
you you must keep right on
riting if I do stop for I will
rite just as often as I can
when we are off on a raid
we cant rite only once in a 
while but I ocupied evry chance
that I had off on this raid

that was only twice but
I am inhopes that their will
not bee no more raiding
done and that we wont haft
to go so long without hearing
from each other thatr is
 a great many reports in camp
and they all seem to say
that the new recruits are to 
bee mustered out or the
one years men rather their
is some to or three hundread
new recruits what has
just joined the regiment
yesterday all the boys what
was left bhind and all
the boys that was taken 
prisoners on the Saltville
raid at the same time
that George Ayers and 
William Hoad they both
came in and joined the
regiment they are all tough

and well so is all the
rest of the boys Dent is
got well and is prety tough
and fat George teld is
tough and well he has
been on old Gilams staff
most of this raid and has
had a prety easy time of it
and has had a chance to rite
sone ofteners than the rest
Well father I have just
moved camp about a mild
and put up a tent and
in doing so I raised three
large blisters on my hand
so you can see what kind 
of a fit my hands will
bee for work when I get
home but I think that 
I can soon break them
in at leas I can try
but at the time I get
home I want you to

get that bugy fixed
up and also the best
driving horse you can find
and I want a nice one to
one that can go right a
long it is just like this
we may bee home in to weaks
and we may not bee to home
in four months I cant
tell nothing about it but
I think if we come home
before our time is out that
we will go home within
to or three weaks and if
we dont come in that time
we wont bee their awhile
our time is up that is
my opinion of it only
but I have just as good a 
one as eny bodies if it rite
no more at present rite soon
and often I remain as ever
your son W Teachout