Bowling green January the 16th 1863
Dear Friends
I take my pen in hand to let you know how we are the boys that is here is prety smart thare is nearly 20 of us in an old tavern where we can live very nicely we came here last evening thare is one man that is a dying it is Mr S..Brand of Fredonia they say he is dying he has been sick a good while thare was a fellow died in Co.C it was little Drummer Wiley thare is not a potato in this town eggs is worth 2.5cts a dozen butter is from 30 to 40 cents per pound thare is some buildings here that has ben burnt by the rebles bombarding the city this is a very prety town for this country the people here is more like heathens than they ar like white people the people in Ky talk like the niggers a great deal it is rite smart and i be Doggon and quite peart[?] with them that is the way that they talk i hav got some of them cookes that you sent to me yet
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