Lexington Ky
   January 4th 1865
Dear father now just
having returned of from
a raid I take my pen
in hand to inform you
that I am all right and
tough as ever we have
had a very hard raid
and accomplished a great
deal we have swept evry
thing that was before us
we got the salt this 
time and gave the rebs
the pepper before they
give us the pepper and
kept the salt we took
the salt works with only
half days fighting and it
took us one day and a 
half to brake and to

destroy the place we broke
most three thousand
bottles up so they could
not use them again and
we burnt the buildings
and filled up the wells
and tore up evry thing
that [that] we could find
we tore up about to
hundread milds of rail
road and burnt eight
locomotives and trains
all laded with sonthing 
some with provisions
some with amunitions some
with arms some with
salt and all other 
things clothing with
the rest evy quantity
of it we took a place
called arlington one called
bristal one call Marion
we had a day and a 
half fighting at mayrien

and some prety hard fight
ting the money that you
Sent me is all right and
came the handiest of eny
thing that I could have
had for I had my satch
-el stole and evry thing in
it while I was on the 
raid all of those clothes
that you sent me was
stole except one pair
Socks and one Shirt
the rest was stole I had
one pair of these gloves
with me the other pair 
was stole the buxkin 
gloves was the ones that 
was stole the one took
them is the one that
we left in charge of
the company while we
was gon all the satchels
and trunks but the caps

was broke open and the 
things taken out and sold
for what ever he could
get for them after we
had ben gon three weaks
he with some others
was sent to folow the
regiment and went to
a place called crab orch
-ard and was ordered to stop
their and they are their
now when they come
back to camp he will
git a trial and probly
it will send him an
the forttifications for
Six month or more
at hard labor diging 
and throwing up forts
and such like Wright
as Soon as you receive this
I remain as ever your
Son Webster Teachout