Bolling Green Febuary the 24 1862

 

Dear Mother

                        I take my seat this after noon to answer your welcome letter whitch i received a day or so a go and was hapy to hear ove you all being well we are now encamped on the banks of barren river whitch is flowing very high at presant we arived here last night a bout 6 oclock and all brought a pair of very sore feet with us we came 21 miles on yesterday and caryed it our knapsacks gun and all we travled over some very nice country some of General Michells division is now in nashville and the stars and stripes is flying over Nashville once more. turn over 

 

bolling green is very well fortified if we had ove ever attacked the rebles they would ove killed us gust as fast as we would ove came within reach of them. we are under marching orders now i think we will cross the river tomorow if the boats comes up to take us over the rebles burnt the rail road bridge and the river is so high that we cant ford it as soon as we get a cross we are going on to nashville we are only a bout 65 miles from the tennesee line tennesee has laid down their arms and the rebles has evacuated Columbus where we thought they would try us a hard shake i think the war will soon close some way or a nother 

 

we have done a good deal of marching this week or so back i would like to see some of the home gards trying on a knapsack for 22 miles i supose we will have to foot it til nashville if not farther Mr Harvy is well and all the boys from a round their only Dan Shearer he was left behind but he was not very bad but wasent fit to travel John Boil is doing well they was three men died in the other camp on account of the hard march the day we came their. i saw one dying on yesterday morning the tent was taken off ove him and he lay in the open air and died it was a hard sight i tell you they was 4 men left behind to bury him but stil it was hard none of our men turn over 

 

i hear the boats whistling now i think we will have to cross the river to night some time we have a poor chance to write now i would like to get through with this trouble for i am tiard of it this letter leaves me well and tell billey to be a good boy

                                                           

Yours truly Abram Kipp

 

Mrs Eliza Bann

 

direct to camp Wood and they will folow me

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