My Dear Juliaett with pleasure I take my pen in hand to let you know that I am well and hope this will find you the Same altho my time is rather short to write this after noon
last monday the company that I am in was sent out about 2 milds on picket guard Stayed 24 ours then came back to camp and packed up and the whole Brigade was marched in to town whitch was about 4 milds martched around town untill about 1 o clock then we martched

Back to camp next morning Wednesday I was Sent off about 2 miles to guard Som prisiners at Generald Jacksons camp and did not get back untill to Day about noon and I found that our Regiment had mooved about 2 milds nearer the town to days paper says that thair is about 80 thousand troops around Louisville now and it looks like a large Boddy off men to see them all to geather in line of Battel Gen Mcleelland [i.e., Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan] is giving the Rebbels ahard thrashing now i suppose
how Do you get along now do you live at your fathers now or at harrisons is all of the folks well

has your Sister got back from the west yet Did you go to the State fair to Cleveland Have you been up to Williams since I left home I am afraid that you are not Enjoying your self very well by the way you rote to me in your letter I hope you wont worry about me I will try and take as good care of my self as I possibly can I am Enjoying very good health have had a lame ankel for a few days now the boys are all Enjoying them selves first rate to night a singing around and dansing Whilst I sit enjoying my self first rate writing

to you I think it is a grate blessing to me that I can communicate with you with pen and ink as long as I canot See you though I have not heard from you but once since I left Cleveland yet but I hope I shall hear from you oftener hereafter I shall have to draw my letter to a close as it is most time fore role call so no more at preasent from your

Charley

Write as often as you can I am very anxyous to hear from you I have not had but one letter from you since I left home rite and direct to Louisville Ky