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Only a few of the young ones and some few of the women making their appearance, the men I presume have been removed to a more safe locality. The citizens I think are mostly Secesh as they do not treat the union Soldiers (who chance to Stop at their houses) with the liberality that the Kentucky gentry have always bore the reputation of treating strangers. Geo Rinehard Stopped last night at a verry large and wealthy looking planters house and they charged him 10 cents for one quart of buttermilk and he said they would hardly treat him civil. Others tell the same of many other places they have stopped. I have not called on any of them therefore I cannot tell by experience. We passed within 8 miles of the Mouth of the Mammoth cave and I presume we crossed over a part of it for it has been explored in the direction of where we passed for many miles. There are a great many small caves all over this country, which no doubt connect with with it. Two of them we passed yesterday, but I had not time to examine them. I passed into one abut 200 feet but haveing no light and also no time to spare I could go no further but I saw enough to convince me that I could pass many interresting hours in examineing even that one. Both of these and it is said all of them in this region have water runing into them which runs a considerable stream all the time and which no doubt will account for the river which is said to be runing through the Mammoth Cave. I must stop this subject for the present. The word is going in Camp this evening that the Pay master is awaiting us at Boling Green but I cannot vouch for the truth of it only I hope it is so. All the Union Co. boys who I have not already spoken of in former letters are well. Until further orders direct to Boling Green, and if we are not there they will be forwarded to where we are, therefore do not wait to know where we are before writing, for if they ware even sent to Louisville they would forwarded to us immediately I will write again at the first oportunity, therefore for the present good bye, my dear wife and sweet little girls is the salutation of your loveing husband and father A. F. Davis
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Only a few of the young ones and some few of the women making their appearance, the men I presume have been removed to a more safe locality. The citizens I think are mostly Secesh as they do not treat the union Soldiers (who chance to Stop at their houses) with the liberality that the Kentucky gentry have always bore the reputation of treating strangers. Geo Rinehard Stopped last night at a verry large and wealthy looking planters house and they charged him 10 cents for one quart of buttermilk and he said they would hardly treat him civil. Others tell the same of many other places they have stopped. I have not called on any of them therefore I cannot tell by experience. We passed within 8 miles of the Mouth of the Mammoth cave and I presume we crossed over a part of it for it has been explored in the direction of where we passed for many miles. There are a great many small caves all over this country, which no doubt connect with with it. Two of them we passed yesterday, but I had not time to examine them. I passed into one abut 200 feet but haveing no light and also no time to spare I could go no further but I saw enough to convince me that I could pass many interresting hours in examineing even that one. Both of these and it is said all of them in this region have water runing into them which runs a considerable stream all the time and which no doubt will account for the river which is said to be runing through the Mammoth Cave. I must stop this subject for the present. The word is going in Camp this evening that the Pay master is awaiting us at Boling Green but I cannot vouch for the truth of it only I hope it is so. All the Union Co. boys who I have not already spoken of in former letters are well. Until further orders direct to Boling Green, and if we are not there they will be forwarded to where we are, therefore do not wait to know where we are before writing, for if they ware even sent to Louisville they would forwarded to us immediately I will write again at the first oportunity, therefore for the present good bye, my dear wife and sweet little girls is the salutation of your loveing husband and father A. F. Davis
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