Coalsmouth
Kanawha County West Va
June 13, 1864
Gov AI Boreman Dear Sir
I arrived at home Saturday 4 p.m. My men followed the Villians that killed Maj Wichers men and killed 1 Horse and woonded [sic] Lt Sargent [sic] Bryan tells me they passed in three hundred yards of them in the knight [sic] But it was Raining in [?] and they failed to discover them.
I had 2% and the Rebels 31 men. The Sargent[ sic] is much afflicted at the thought of missing them I propose to take Gen Hunters Published Circular for my guide and carry it out. please send 2 boxes Cartridges
Yours in [sic]
R Brooks Capt Scouts
Transcription by Jack Stephenson, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University