1862 September 27 Covington Ky

Covington Ky
 September 27 1862
Good morning Uncle and aunt
I seat my Self this morning
with pen in hand to write yo
a few lines.  I received your kind
letter on the 26th inst it found
me well and in good Spirits
I am well at present the rest of
the boys are all well except
George Winters he is quite unwell
he has had two or three shakes
of the ague he went out on
picket last Wednesday morning
and was taken sick the same day.
Charles LarRowe also has been unwell
considerable of the time since he
came in to this cam he has not
been so gad but what he could get
around gut was not fit for duty
I have not been excused from duty
but two days The boys seem to
bee enjoying them selves first rate

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We are at the same camp that we
were when I wrote to you before
and they seem to think that
we will stay here all winter but there is
no nowing it when we may be called
away from here for mi part I would
rather go farther South than this
There has a great many troops left
here for Louisville  They expect an attact
there they may attact us here or there
as soon as they are a mind to
we are reddy for them We have fource
enough with our position and fortifi-
cations to stand a fource of 150,000
men it is not exacly known
by us how far they are from us is not
known Last wednesday our pickets was
stationed where the enemys pickets
was stationed 10 days before and I
was on the ground that the enemy
encamped on ther was 15,000 in camp
there on Thursday there was 5 of the 18 Mich
reg that was taken prisoner not more than

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a mile from where I was stationed
they think there is some danger of'
Louisville being attacted Aunt you wrote
that you had a lint bee for the
Soldiers I am glad that the people
are so though ful and kind
to make provisions for those that
are wounded in defence of there
country I hope that I will not
need to use any of it but if
I do I will think of those Lint
pickings that you are having I
suppose that my brother James
will be at home by the time my
letter comes to hand Aunt I am
sitting at the out side of my tent
writing and right to the next row of
tents to the left of us there is a sick
man he is in a spathum he is
making such a mourndful noise
that I can hardly write There was
a man that dide out of com F
this morning he had the tyfoid fever

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we have had midling good times
here for the last two weeks we have
had plenty to eat We have got
some tents now and we fare
pretty well I like a soldiers life
first rate I am glad that I enlisted
altho I would like to be at home to
attend your lint pickings and paring
bees and spend the time of amusements
with with[sic] the young folks
Your letter done me a good
deel of good It done me more good
than mi supper did I ask you
to write as often as you can O Yes tehn
thousand thanks for those postage
stamps I have got 13 dollars of
my pay I do not know when the
remainder of that $40.00 will come I hope
soon  write some from your affectionate
friend
                         A.H. Holt
to Arthur and Ann Eliza Anderson
P.S. direct as before

Albert H. Holt,  45th Ohio

MSS 8474