Mt Sturling Ky
   January 24th 1865
Dear father now having 
a fiew leasure moments
I thought I would answer
your letter it found
me well and hope that
this will find you
the same we still stay
at mount Sturling and
the prospect is that our
company will Stay hear
all the rest of the winter
our company has mooved 
up to the fort to support
the battery some of the
companies has mooved 
to a place called Fleming
burg and some to a

[Written upside down at top of letter]
we got to months pay the
1 [?] day of this month I have
used most of it geting 
things that I wanted I shal
not send eny thing home
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place called Owens ville
they are sending the
companies round so as
to Scout the country
they are gurilies Scouting
all around us and
robing the country of
horses all they can find
you wanted to now wheather
I went into the battles
or the last raid I was
in evry battle and on
all the Skirmish lines
that was formed while
I was gon I was in
a prety tight place for
forghty hours the rebs
was on thre sides of
us we was in a brige
holding it So the rebs
could not get it and
burn it the rebs would
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Shout and the balls woul^

would go whisling over our
heads and their was three
or 4 Shot and to killed
and to wounded it was
a kind of a tickelish pla-
ce and they would not let
us Shoot a shot for they
did not want [us] them to
no how strong we was
in the bridge for if
they had known it they
would shelled the bridge
all to pieces but I came
out all sound right
and tight Mother when
they send that box
pleas bake to or three
chickens and put it
in the box Father you 
had better come down hear
if yoy can and see the
company and country
for it will pay you

to see the country if
it dont to see the company
which we have down hear
if you are a country wright
and let me know and
if the you haint let me
know the horses what
went on the raid their
			  a
was out of eight hundre^d
their was not over 200
come back I dont believe
We dont hear nothing more
about William Hood nor
George Ayers we cant
get no track of them
after we left them at that
fire I dont think of 
eny thing more at
present I remain as ever
your friend
and son W Teachout

[Written on right side of letter]
& Wilaeme Teachout
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