Head Quarters
Three, Forks, Battalion,
Irvine Ky July 14^th 1865
Govener Bramlett,

I am at this place with Six companies of My Battolion, preparing to be mustered out, of the State service, I have two more companies on their way from the Counties of Harlan, and Perry, making Eight in all, I would verry Respectfully reccommend that three of those companies be retained in the State Service, Some two or three Months longer, from the fact, we have not yet established Civil Courts or even yet put down all the gurrillas in the counties of Harlan, Perry, Breathitt, Letcher, &c. there are reported to be three Bands of gurrillas in those counties, under the command of "Osbern" "Smith" and Dan" "Jones" I would ernestly recommend

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very Respectfully
E, B, Treadway,
Major commanding
Three Forks Battolion