Sunday the 18 
     this is a nice day but it is raining at noon - the troops were very lively this morning - the Brigade Bands were chanting their legs all morning - it made me think that I was in a large city and almost forgot that I was in a Army - well I must write a letter home today - we have short fare yet but we are getting along quite well considering everything 

Monday the 19 
     this is a pleasant morning and it fine growing weather - we still have short fare - this morning we had nothing but coffee and some beef - it seemed hard but we had to put up with it - well at dinner we had soup and coffee at supper we had one cracker apiece and beef and coffee - we have no news today of importance 

Tuesday the 20 
     today we are to get our pay - well this morning we had coffee and beef and some of us had some of our last nights cracker - I had part of my cracker to eat this morning - so I had as much as I could eat for my appetite is not good - there is a large number of wagons on the road but the river was so high that they could not cross - but we look for them today but they did not come today - well this evening we had a detail for a scout - there was 15 men out of every company in our Regiment - well I was detailed for one - we went over but was ordered back till tomorrow 

Wednesday the 21 
     this has been a rainy night - we had nothing but coffee and beef this morning - we were ordered over to headquarters at nine O'clock but we had to come back till 12 O'clock - well the crackers had come at last - the boys has went and broke open a barrel and are helping themselves - for my part I can wait till they are issued out - but we will get some soon for we have to go at noon and we will draw 2 or 3 days rations - well I must quit - find some coffee for we will soon start - well we did not start till about a half hour before sundown - we got a cracker and a half to scout 
on for 2 days - well we set out on our tramp and got 4 miles and it rained so hard that we had to stop at a vacant house - I was not sorry for we had to wade the creek 2 and the water was so cold that I took a cramp in my legs so bad that I could not hardly stand it - we had a hard tramp that night - the road crossed the creek about 12 times in the 4 miles - we crossed on logs all but 2 and we had to wade it - then when we got to the house there was 2 German soldiers there that had been out on a turn and had got lost and they put up there for the night - when they heard us 
coming they thought we were Rebels and went upstairs - we hollered for them to come down - they were afraid to come down for fear we would capture them - we struck a light and soon found out who they were - well we were so wet that the water draining off our clothing wet the floor so bad that we did not have a place dry to lie on - I got a narrow bench and put it by the wall and turned in on it - we got up at daybreak and started on over the North mountain - we got over on the other side and stopped at a house and got some milk to drink with our crackers - and then we went on down to a village called Circleville - I got my dinner there and the rest of the boys went on up on the mountain which is called Spruce mountain - they came back that night - the next day which is 

Friday the 23 
     I went with them on the mountain to what is called the hunting ground - we went till we got on the top - we were sinding our way along the hill and bushwhacker fired on the last man that passed along and shot his thumb through and through the bone - broke both bones of it and shot through his index finger - both of the right hand - well we did not get to see him at all - we went on and scouted through the woods till about 4 O'clock PM and I went and got some dinner and returned to the village 

we did not do anything this day Saturday the 24 
     the most of the boys went back to the hunting grounds today again but I stayed at the village - they came back tonight again without doing anything 

Sunday the 25 
     this is a lovely morning - I am detailed to go on picket today - we are going down the river to the first farm - well it is a nice place to stay on picket - well we stayed till night and then we went up to town - well I went to bed early tonight and slept well 

Monday the 26 
     well this is a cool morning - we are going back to Franklin after dinner - well I have boarded myself every since we came here - I have spent over $2.50 since I came here - well we started after dinner - Col Latham came here he - he had better luck than we had - he captured several of the Rebels and took a number of guns - we got to Franklin about sundown to find all the Army gone towards Newcreek excepting the sick and wounded and one company of the 60 Ohio Regiment - I felt lonesome and sad to think that the poor sick and wounded must be left here 
perhaps to die - or if they get well to fall into the hands of Rebels 

Tuesday the 27 
     this morning the Ohio company left - there was 3 dead men in town this morning - we have to wait till a train of wagons comes to take away as many of the sick and wounded as will be able to go - this has been a gloomy day for me - I visited the hospitals today and I did feel sorry for the poor fellows that are here - they have had nothing hardly to eat and no medical attention worth naming - well this evening the train has come in - I am glad for we do not know what hour the Rebels will come in - I feel very unwell this evening but have to go on picket - well they want to 
start at daylight - well I was so unwell that I had to leave the post about 12 O'clodk - I went down - the boys had just got into camp from going out to see what the Cavalry thought to be a Secesh camp - they thought they seen a fire about 2 miles above the town but it was a mistake - at 3 O'clock we were ordered up to fix for starting - I felt very bad indeed - I could hardly stand up on my feet but I had to do it 

Wednesday the 28 
     we got started about 8 O'clock - we have left a large number in the hospitals - I am sorry for them - there is Post Surgeon and a assistant and nurses with them - we took the most of the Government goods - we got a box of shoes - I got a very good pair of them - well I made out to walk about 6 miles and had to get into a wagon and ride till night - well we made 21 miles today - I feel very bad today 

Thursday the 29 
     this morning I am quite weak and feeble - I have not taste for anything - I drank some coffee and ate some crackers and some beef but it had no taste to me - well I walked on ahead of the wagons as it was very cool - I went on about 6 miles and got into the wagon again - we got to Ginterburg about 11 O'clock AM - I felt quite bad indeed - I learned that we would not leave there for five days - that is the sick would not - I went to a house and got a piece of bread and butter and a cup of coffee - it had some taste - as I started over to camp which is West of town I bought a pie and some good sweet milk - it tasted better than anything I have eaten for 2 days - this evening all he boys are going in the direction of the Army - well this evening I am a little better - I eat some ham and light bread - it tasted very well - well I went to bed early and sweat freely and rested well 

Friday the 30 
     this morning I feel better - I eat considerable breakfast - we heard that our Regiment is nine miles North of Moorefield - that is the county town of this county - well my health is still better - I have a good appetite this evening - it is raining right smart this evening - well we all turned in - that is Company E - I am staying with them - we got in a good sleep when it rained so hard that it was ankle deep in the tent - I got up in time to keep my clothew dry - well I did not get to sleep much more till daylight - I laid out by a fire and dozed a little 

Saturday the 31 
     this is a misty day and everything looks gloomy to me - we do not have any news of importance 

Sunday the 1 day of June (June, 1862) 
     this is a cloudy morning but it is clearing off - we have to put up a lot of hospital tents today 

Monday the 2 
     this is a hot day and we have no news - it has rained this evening 

Tuesday the 3 
     this is a cloudy day and we have nothing to do now we are all getting well 

Wednesday the 4 
     this is a rainy morning - our tent was deluged with water and could not drain it to do much good - this evening we moved it on the hill so we have a good place to stay now - I went to the hospital this evening to see if I could get a place in it - I have a chance of a position 

Thursday the 5 
     this is a cloudy day and some rain - well we do not have any news from the Brigade so times are dull here with us - we have nothing to do - well I went to see the surgeon today and he told me to report at his office on tomorrow morning 

Friday the 6 
     this is a pleasant day and the ground is drying up fast - well I reported myself to the surgeon - I had to wait till noon before I could get to see him - they took me in as a assistant apothecary - I went down and got my dinner and got all my things and went to the office - well my work will consist of doing turns and washing up the mortars and graduates and the pill mushing and keep the instruments in order - I board at the hospital boarding house - our fare is short - we have beef and hard bread and coffee 

Saturday the 7 
     this is a warm day and we have a good deal of work to do - we have about 6 or 7 hundred sick to prescribe to all the time - well this evening we had a exciting time of it - there was 4 or our troops taken prisoner - they had went over the river to stay about one mile from town - some of them were sick and went out there to stay till the got well - we were expecting the Rebels to come in and take the town but they did not come - we did not sleep much - I went to bed about 12 or one O'clock so I did not get much sleep 

Sunday the 8 of June 
     we are all quiet this morning and it is a good thing for us that the Rebels did not come in for our force was not very strong - this is a beautiful day and the wind is cool and nice 

Monday the 9 
     this is a nice day again - well I left the hospital this morning - It was too much of a day to suit the times so I left - there is no news today - but I think that we will soon leave here - I hope so anyhow 

Tuesday the 10 
     I am guarding the headquarters of the 61 Ohio Regiment - well I stand 2 hours and am off four - well tonight I am staying there in a tent - I was to go on guard at midnight but as luck would have it there was no guard at headquarters after night - I got up at 12 O'clock at night and turned in again and slept till about 6 O'clock AM 

Wednesday the 11 
     this is a cloudy day - we do not get any news of importance - the sun is shining out this evening and is pleasant and the mud is drying up 

Thursday the 12 
     this is a fine day and is very warm - we got news of 2 or 3 battles that we won - one is at Memphis Tennessee and one at Lewisburg Va - we cannot get much news from Fremont but I suppose that he has had one or 2 fights by this time - we have heard such news as that but we cannot tell whether it is true or not - will I must quit writing for my breast hurts me so bad that I cannot hardly sit up and I am so sleepy that my eyes can not stay open 

Friday the 13 
     this is a war day - we do not have much news now - well I am quite sick - I can hardly sit up - the water is so bad and unhealthy that we will all get sick 

Saturday the 14 
     this is a hot day again and I am very ill today - it is all that I can do to walk about - there is no news of interest today 

Sunday the 15 
     I am a little better today - I think that I am going to get well now - the cause of my sickness was standing on guard in the rain on Tuesday - my blanket got very wet and I had to lie in it all night so I took a chill and have not been well since - I suppose we will all leave here in a day or two - the sick are going every day - I guess that I will go to the regiment and if I do not get well I will go home a while 

Monday the 16 
     this is a clear and warm day - we have no reliable news today 

Tuesday the 17 
     this is a very warm day - we are still sending the sick to Newcreek and we all have orders to go there as soon as we can get transportation 

Wednesday the 18 
     today the 5 Va Regiment and 25 Ohio went this morning with a few wagons with the officers trunk and things