Mount Stirling Ky
    January 18th 1865
Dear father now having a
litle leasure time I will
wright you a fiew lines
to let you know that I
continue well and hope you
the same we are pickiting
and doing probase duty
in mount Stirling and the
prospect is that we will
stay all winter we have 
duty just about evry other
day so it keeps us prety
busy the boys expect their
pay to day if they do
their will bee probase duty
plenty to do then for their
is some that will go down
their and get drunk and
rais cain in general and
that is strictly forbiden

the pay master came in
day before yesterday and
I think that we will get
our pay to day but
they say that we haint
a going to get only to
months pay which if we
got the full amount we
should have four months
pay I shal send some
home but if we only get
to I shal not send eny
for I shal haft to get a stove
to put in my tent and
get some other things what
 I want and it will use
some of it and I want to
keep some buy me you spoke
of some of your coming down
I should like to have you
come I think that it would
pay you well to see the
country Edward could do your


chores while you was gon
if he couldent get Mr Cowin
to help him while you
was gon and come if you
can the sooner the better
Mother I wish you would
bake up a bout a dozen
mince pies and to or three
loves of bread and some
frid cakes and a sausage
or so and send down to
me also a piece of cheas if
you have got it and a fiew
pounds of butter also a 
piece of dried beaf would
go very well and a fiew 
apples to fill up if it dont
fill with out if some of
the rest of the neighbors want
to send put it togeather
but put a good suply
of fried cakes and cookeys
and bread and pies in
and a good role of butter

Send a good big boxfull so
it will last a good while
for a kind of a lunch when
hungry Father send my watch
if you have eny chance I 
want a watch when on
duty so as to see how 
long I am on Father if
you come down come right
away and if you send me
a box send it right away
if you dont right and let
me know soon as you 
receive it from your
Son W Teachout

 [Written in Pencil]
Direct the box to me to
Mount Sturling and dont put
in with eny the rest of the
neighbors for they are a going
to divide up the regiment
and station us at diffirent
points up Kentuckey and we
may not be togeather sure could
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[Written upside down in middle of letter]
get it come just the same I shant
bee a great ways of the stage is
going to run right whear we are
		           r
wright soon from you^ 
        Son
                       W Teachout
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