Friday the 15 

Saturday the 16 

Sunday the 17 

Monday the 18 

Tuesday the 19 

Wednesday the 20 
     this morning I have orders to go to my Regiment but I am afraid that I will not be able to stand the fatigues of the Regiment for my chest is not any better than it has was when I cam here - but I am willing to go and if I can not stand it - why they will have to discharge me - well I suppose that I will not leave here for 2 days for they said that I might stay 2 days longer as I wanted to write some letters and wanted to get some things out of town - will I must quit and go to writing my letters though I feel very low spirits this morning and somewhat discouraged 

Thursday the 21 
     this morning I have orders to get ready at one O'clock to start - well we started at 2 O'clock and when we got to the Washington junction and they had no train to go to Washington so we went on to Baltimore city so we had plenty to eat and at ten O'clock in the morning we started to Washington and ot there at 12 O'clock - we stayed there all day Friday the 22 and on 

Saturday the 23 
     at 12 O'clock we went down to the wharf and got on a boat at 2 O'clock and went on to Alexander city and went on the hill above the city and stayed all night 

Sunday the 24 
     we do not know whether we will leave her today or not - we have orders to go to the depot at 8 or 9 O'clodk but whether we go or not - but I hope we will go - well I have had a pleasant trip - I went into the Capitol and enjoyed a good deal of nice scenery and did not begrudge my trip - well I do not think that I will be able to march when I do get to the Regiment so I am going to try and get my discharge when I get there - we were ordered into line and all that was not able were to stay - they said that I should not go so I concluded to stay - well the squad went down to the 
depot and had to come back 

Monday the 25 
     this is a cold morning - I met with a old friend this morning that used to board with me at Cincinnati - he is assistant surgeon in the 4 Ohio Regiment - his name is Morrison - he got me into the surgery as a steward so I will not go to the Army 

Tuesday the 26 
     we are getting a large hospital here there is about 100 sick here and they are going fast - there was 2 deaths today - one had just came to the hospital one hour before he died - he had Delearemteemons(?) his father is worth a humdred thousand dollars and lives in Massachusetts 

Wednesday the 27 
     we have bad news today - the Rebels have got to Manassas Junction and took the 11 New York Battery - there was 15 hundred Rebels - will I must quit for the this time 

Thursday the 28 
     nothing of much importance today 

Friday the 29 
     this is a busy day with us 

Saturday the 30 

Sunday the 31 
     this is the busiest day that I have had yet 

Monday the 1 day of September (September, 1862) 
     nothing of importance today 

Tuesday the 2 
     nothing of interest today 

Wednesday the 3 

Thursday the 4 
     nothing of interest but I think I will leave the hospital in a few days - I think that I will go to the Regiment and apply for a discharge 

Friday the 5 
     this is a warm day and I am not very well 

Saturday the 6 
     nothing of interest today 

Sunday the 7 
     this is a nice day 

Monday the 8 

Tuesday the 9 
     this is a warm - there is one event that I had forgotten to mention at the time so I shall speak of it now - that is in reference to the Rebel Army going to Maryland - they arrived at Frederick City on Sunday the 6 of September with a force of about 30 thousand men - the citizens of Frederick was warned of their approach in time to get the hospital stores removed - or the most of them - I have not learned what become of the sick and their attendants but I suppose they were paroled - the report is now that the Rebels have left Frederick and gone towards the state of Pa but I guess 
that they will have a warm reception there if they should go there 

Wednesday the 10 
     the weather is fine 

Thursday the 11 
     there is no war new today 

Friday the 12 
     we had some rain last night 

Saturday the 13 
     we heard of 2 battles being fought yesterday - one at Williamsburg and the other was at Harpers Ferry - reports says we whipped them severe - there is a hard fight today - we can hear the Artillery very plain all the afternoon and till 9 O'clock at night - I heard them that late 

Sunday the 14 
     we heard this morning that the fight was on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad but we have not heard the particulars of it yet - some of the soldiers are looking for the Rebels in here - one night about a week ago the whole force was ordered to go out on picket - the report was that the Rebels had drove our pickets into camp - the Rebels worsted our Army at Manassas fight - our force had to retreat and it is said that the panic was ten times worse this time than it was last June a year ago - we lost some men out of our Regiment but I have not hear how many - there was one youn man killed out of our company - his name was James Kerns - he was a fine man - he was killed on 
Saturday the 30 of August at the first days fight - he was killed by our own guns - they were ordered out to support the battery and they were down below the battery and the shell bursted and killed him dead 

Monday the 15 
     this is a fine day - we do not have much news now 

Tuesday the 16 
     this 

Wednesday the 17 
     this will be a day long remembered by the Army - they had one of the hardest fought battles this day that has ever been fought in the war - the fight was in Maryland - there has been some hard fighting done lately - this week the Rebels took Harpers Ferry but they did not hold it long for we took it back again and drove them clear out of Maryland 

Thursday the 18 

Friday the 19 

Saturday the 20 

Sunday the 21 
     this is a busy day for us we have to work from six to 8 at night 

Monday the 22 
     this is a pleasant day 

Tuesday the 23 

Wednesday the 24 

Thursday the 25 

Friday the 26 
     this evening the paroled prisoners came back from Richmond - there was 26 of our Regiment here - they look shabby and dirty but are in good health 

Saturday the 27 
     this is a hot day and we have plenty of work to do so we have to go at it all the time 

Sunday the 28 
     this is a thorny day with us 

Monday the 29 
     this day is warm and dry 

Tuesday the 30 

Wednesday the 1st of September (should be October, `862) 

Thursday the 2 day of October 

Friday the 3 

Saturday the 4 

Sunday the 5 
     yesterday I calculated to go to my Regiment but got disappointed in going so I do not know where I can go - well this has been a busy day with us but we are done now 

Monday the 6 
     nothing unusual today 

Tuesday the 7 

Wednesday the 8 

Thursday the 9 

Friday the 10 

Saturday the 11 

Sunday the 12 
     we have no news of interest 

Monday the 13 

Tuesday the 14 

Wednesday the 15 
     nothing of interest 

Thursday the 16 

Friday the 17 
     nothing of importance today - I am waiting for my descriptive list and as soon as it will come I am going home if I get discharged and I think that the prospect is good for that 

Saturday the 18 
     nothing of much interest today - we have no war news not - we still have plenty of sick to give medicine to - it is a very busy place to stay at and is too confining for me 

Sunday the 19 
     this is quite t thorny day with us 

Monday the 20 
     this is fine weather for he time of year - we have not had any frost yet and it is very late to not have frost - I suppose if we would have had rain plenty we would have had frost long ago 

Tuesday the 21 
     nothing of interest today 

Wednesday the 22 
     this is a windy day and was a day of interest in camp - the President reviewed the troop at our camp - I did not get to see Abraham - I seen his body guard just as they were going down the hill - I did not get out in time to see him - there was about 20 or 25 thousand troops on review - they made a good appearance on the field 

Thursday the 23 
     well I have not got my descriptive list yet - I have wrote 2 letters for it - I wrote one near 2 weeks ago and the last one that I wrote was sent away on last Tuesday so they will certainly send it to me soon - I sent a blank in the letter so they will have no excuse - I calculate to be at home by the middle of next month if nothing happens me then I shall be so glad to think that I am free once more - oh wont I enjoy myself with good friends and plenty of good things to eat - well I must quite for tonight for it is late 

Friday the 24 
     nothing of interest today 

Saturday the 25 

Sunday the 26 
     no news today 

Monday the 27 
      
Tuesday the 28 

Wednesday the 29 

Thursday the 30 

Friday the 31 
     this is fine weather for the time of year 

November the 1 day of (November, 1862) 

Sunday the 2 

Monday the 3 

Tuesday the 4 

Wednesday the 5 

Thursday the 6 
     the weather is getting 

Friday the 7 
     we have got a snow storm - we moved our drugs out of the brick house and are very busy putting them up today - we have a plank shanty to keep our drugs in - we have a good wood stove and make it comfortable 

Saturday the 8 

Sunday 
     a cold day 

Monday the 10 
     this is some warmer than yesterday 

Tuesday the 11 

Wednesday the 12 

Thursday the 13 

Friday the 14 

Saturday the 15 

Sunday the 16 

Monday the 17 
     this evening I was examined for a discharge - I did not get a descriptive list but was discharged on a furlough 

Tuesday the 18 
     this is my birthday but I forgot it 

Wednesday the 19 

Thursday the 20 

Friday the 21 
     the surgeon got a letter today from my lieutenant stating that he would not send my descriptive list for I was a deserted and he ordered me to be arrested forwith and sent to him 

Saturday the 22 

Sunday the 23 

Monday the 24 

Tuesday the 25 

Wednesday the 26 
     well I am looking for my papers but they have not come yet