Lexington Ky
  January 5th 1865
Dear father now having 
a fiew leasure nnoments
I will wright you a fiew
lines and let you know
that I am well and enjoying
my self well the rome
boys are all well and that is
in camp their is C
Rider W Bond G Ayers
W Hovel P Russel they
have mot came off from
the raid we don’t know whare
they be It may be that
some of them are captured
they was not all to geather
I dont think they are all
captured but I shouldent
bee surprised if some of
them was captured I don’t
know what ones they [me] bee

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this month and the boys
can send their money home
buy you fetch my watch if
you come ore if you can send it
close write soon from your 
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Son W Teachout
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the Lieutenant of co a sais
he thinks George Aayers and
William Hovel is taken
prisonerr he said the last
he said then he was at
a fire three days march
from the Salt works
and then the whole comand
was past them and if
the comand got past them
they probely got taken
prisoners these boys
that are behind was all
dismounted at the salt 
works my horse was
stole from me at the
salt works When we started
for lexington I footed
it three days and to
nights and my feet I
had frose going to the
salt works and they be
gon to get sore and 
I got tired of walking

So I up and plaid the
same trick on some
body that was plaid
an me I stole one from
the 11th Kentuckey that
was whear I think mine
went but I dont know
it for surtain but enaw
-ay I got a great deal beter
one than I let go the
one that I got fetched
me back and is now
the best horse in the
whole company While
siting hear on a hard
bick box writing on
the company [?] card book
I received a letter from
you and was glad to 
hear from you and hear
that you was all well
that money you sent 
me I got all right
without eny trouble

and it came very handy
I spent my Christmas Eve
and also the day on my 
horse and New Years the
same New on the pike 
Rodes their was good
Sleighing and the pike
is most evry rode fore all
the main roetes in Kentuckey
is paved or rather codamised
and just as nice as the
pavement in the city of
Adrian About our staying
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in Lexington I think we sha^
go into winter quarters now
and stay untill spring and
if you can spend time to
come down and see us
come a head you never
will bee sorry for you
will see some of the nice
ist country you ever saw
and also you will see some
military with all the/rest
If you can spend time come
down the last of this month
we are a going to get pay

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