20 



Butter 75 cts per lb can peaches in quart cans $1.50 cts 

 per can other can fruit the same applies small four for 

 a quarter Whiskey done up in bottles $1.50ots per pint 

 Lager Beer 10 cts per glass & scarce at that everj^ thing 

 else in proportion I have a pr boots I gave 12 Dollars 

 for pr pants 15 Dollars for coat 33 Dollars for Shoulder 

 Straps not extravagant 8 Dollars that's the way the money 

 goes pop goes the Weasel I must close good night 



Roe Stookey 



Dear Brother & Family Headquarters 59th Ills 



Camp Near Winchester Tenn 

 July 14th/ 63 



I received your welcome letter a few days ago and am 

 now seated for the purpose of answering it. T had sup- 

 posed that I had answered it & am very certain yet that 

 I did and the letter was lost som.e place. T mil now give 

 you a short account of our trip here as you will see 

 from the heading of this that we have changed our home. 

 We left Murfreesboro on the m.orning of the 24th of 

 June & marched out on Sheibyville pike. Johnson's Divi- 

 sion in advance of us and Sheridans in front of them 

 tJiat constitutes the whole of McCook's Corpse on Shelby- 

 ville pike. But when we got six miles out, Johnson's Divi- 

 sion & Davis Division took a road to the left leaving the 

 road to Sheridan. We did not find any Enemy untill we 

 came into Liberty Gap & there Johnson's Division had 

 some very hard skirmishing, but drove the rebels with- 

 out Davis' assistance. On 25th we did not moove forward 

 ver^^ fast but Johnson held the advance untill late in 

 the evening when the rebels made an attack on him & 

 Our Division went up to their assistance. Our Brigade 

 was deployed in line in a open wheat field but was not 

 engaged although some rebel shell and solid shot went 

 whizzing over close enough to warn us that we were in 

 Danger, but Luckily enough for us none of our Brigade 

 was hurt. That night we advanced in line about half 

 mile and occupied a hill which Carlin's Brigade had 

 driven the rebels from, first day's march 13 miles second 

 3 miles On the 26th we had orders not to advance but 



