Dear sister
        I once more seat myself to write you a few lines to let you that we are as well as common hopeing these few lines will find you all well. we came from Abingdon to this plase Monday on the cars it is the furthest we have travailed in one day since we have been in the servise. we com about 60 miles it was a much as the old freight could pull us up graid but when she started down she would make up for lost time Their is a talk that we will move from hear to rocky gap but it is uncertain when we will leave for colonel more is agoing to try to get to stay hear a while. I like to stay hear very well it is a very pretty plase we are camped one half of a mile from town. Witheville is a very nice town of right smart size. I would much rather stay hear than to go to the rocky gap their has been so many soldiers camped in the gap, you have been writeing to me to get my likeness taken. I was up in town today and had my likeness taken but he hadent any cases to put it in I will send it home the next chance I have. Cummings talked like haveing hison taken they charge very high for taking without the case. I got me a corse wool hat it cost me $4.00 dollars their was some cloth hats their at six dollars. The most of hour runaway boys have come in their was eight of them come to us at Abingdon Giles had them put in the guard house he cursed them and toled them they some of them had to be shot & the ballance branded and whiped he kept them in the guard house until last night. Colonel more went and released them he toled the next time they run off the law might take its course with them, I sent my old panse and Cums coat by louce[?] I reckon you got them I drawed a over coat but it is as white as any sheeps back very good coats for ten dollars & fifty cts. The captains are makeing off the paroles I reckon we will draw our money before long. It has clouded up this eavening and looks very much like bad weather we have give up our old files & drawed tents we sleep tolerable well in them [...] suffer a little with cold Georg Littom went to the houespital at the Colledge a day or too before we left Abingdon I dont think he was very much the matter with hime when we left, I havent heard from him since he left us I wrote Rieves a letter a day or too before we left Abingdon Charles M. browning is well Tell Granpa that I said for him to save me some apples I think maby I will get to come home this winter I would like be their in back bones & spare rib time for fair is very scanty now we get nothing but beef & flower & heardly enough of that. Tell sarah and virginia that I will write them as answer before long, nothing more at present but
remain your brother C. H. Gilmer
Martha J. Gilmer
write soon