Dear Husband

     we are having more trouble near home with the gurrillas as far as I have yet ascertained there was about Seven hundred ataced Owensborough [i.e., Owensboro, Kentucky] yesterday morning Colonel Netter [i.e., Lt. Col. Gabriel Netter, 15th Kentucky Infantry] was stationed there with his men to guard the place It seems that they surrounded the town to a void any one making their escape but [2 words illeg] made his way through & swam the river to give Inteligence to our union men the newes was conveyed In Every direction & Every man almost fled to their assistance Their first round was to kill Netter a Brave Colonel he was the fellow that shot him was Instantly killed he now lays In a corn field our men do not permit them to Bury him Colonel Wood was In Recruiting he Joined them In a short time with his recruits Netters men & all those that voluntarily Joined chaced them eight miles from Owensborough there they commenced fiting of our men there was three killed & a bout 40 wounded a mong the killed was one of the Garnars James Nany & Anderson Carney had Each an arm badly Broken George Sheed tells me they were all Brought to town last night therere was many seemed to be suffering severely from their wounds the loss of the Rebels is supposed to be one hundred killed & wounded they counted 30 Eight killed they had twice the number we had

Col Shanks [i.e., Col. Quintus C. Shanks, 12th Kentucky Cavalry] from clover port [i.e., Cloverport, Kentucky] with his men Joined them last night there was an other attaced expected las night or this morning Col Wood took a large number of the citizens prisnors
     I hope they will make a clean up of It this time for they Ben threatning to Burn & destroy every thing we owend there has ben several on this side for the last 3 weeks with their horses for fear of their lives
     now I do not feel disposed to write any thing a bout the farming only George & fred have ben plowing some I do feel distressed in many Respects I feel deeply concerned a bout you for I have not had a letter from you Since the one by Mccoy I hardly know what to think or do but I hope before this reaches you I may hear from you in Some way or other In deed I feel as If I have had Many trials to endure since I left you but If I knew you was well I could pass them by easier but may I yet hope you will some time return home to us again Jane Is gone with her Father to an Assotiation the children says tell you they would be so glad to see you I hope If you are able you will write often
no more at present

Ever your affectionate wife
Minerva Thomas