Mt Sturling Ky
   January 11th 1865
Dear father now/having a 
fiew leasure moments to
spend I thought I would
wright and let you know
that we had moved camp
down whear we ware before
we went on the raid I
think we will Stay hear all
the rest of the winter the
thing looks so now the
rigiment that was hear on
guard duty is relieved and
we are to take their place
the oficers have sent after A
tents for us to stay in
and they will be hear
prety soon when they
come and we get them
down we will bee all right

we expect to get our
pay now evry day and
I wish that you or some
of the rest of the rome
folks could hapen down
hear and take it home
for us their will bee coming
to me 64 dollars enaway and
maby more I don’t know
wheather we get 4 months
or 5 months pay if we
get 5 months pay I shal
have 80 Dollars and I
had rather send it buy
some one I knew from
rome than to express it
we shal get our pay between
now and the 20 if we get
it this month if you come
come so as to get hear 
buy the 20 of this month
and I guess you will get
some mony to take
home with you William

Hoad and George Ayers has
not come in yet off from
the raid I think they must 
ben taken prisoners or shot
buy the bushwhackers the
last that was hurd from
them they was standing by
a fire this side of the
Salt works those to and
4 others then in a little
while we hurd that the
rebs had taken 6 of our
Straglers prisoners standing
by a fire and we think
those to boys was to
of them that was taken
prisoners wheather they ware
shot or not we don’t know
What is Uncle Isaiah doing buying
cattle and hogs did he buy
this fall much as eaer
and has he maid eny
money on them or not

beaf and porke is prety high
down hear a good yoke of
4 years old Stears is worth 200
Dollars pork 14 pur hundread
Sheep alive 6 and 4 Dollars a 
hundred If you come down
ore eny one else from that
may fetch or send my
watch along if you will
try and not forget it
how dose wheat look in 
our town this winter
dose that corner peace
look so their was going to
bee eny wheat or not
and how dose the Sumerfaler
look I Should Judge buy
what Snow we haave had
down hear that you must
had considerable their
No more at present wright
Soon and often from your 
Son Webster Teachout