Friday the 20 
     today we went 22 miles and had but 6 more to go - well tonight I felt unwell and did not eat anything 

Saturday the 21 
     this morning I feel some better - I ate some breakfast this morning - there was a 2 horse carriage came along and 2 of us got into it and rode to Newcreek station in it so it rested me right smart - well we have got here and got our tent up and I am writing this in it - this is a right nice place and we have a good place to camp - well I must quit writing for it hurts my breast 

Sunday the 22 
     this is a beautiful day - I am lying in my tent the most of the time - nothing of importance today 

Monday the 23 
     this is a warm day - we are going to start in a day or two - our Regiment has come in this evening - I am not much better yet 

Tuesday the 24 
     this is a warm day - we have orders to leave this evening but we have not got off - we do not have nay news of any reliance now - we hear news enough if we could rely on it 

Wednesday the 25 
     this is a warm morning and we are waiting to load up our things and I do not expect that we will get off much before night - if then - there is about 3 or 4 Regiments to go before we can start so it will be late before we can start - well I must quit writing for this time for I have nothing of much importance to write at this time - I am not any better yet - I am tolerable well in the morning but in the afternoon I feel very bad - I am not fit for duty at all and I m going to try and get a discharge if I do not get better - I feel as though my constitution was broke - this evening we started on the train and got to Martinsburg at daylight on Thursday and laid over on Thursday and on Friday and on Saturday we started to Winchester and stayed all night 6 miles above Martinsburg and on 

Sunday the 29 
     we went through Winchester and on Monday we get to the Army at Strasburg and - - on 

Tuesday the July the   (July, 1862)   
     I got a furlough for 25 days - my health is very poor

Wednesday the 2 day of July 
     well I had to go down to the post hospital and had to be examined by a board of Physicians and when I got there my furlough was not drew up right or the surgeons certificate was not right so I was out - well it was raining hard and I did not know what to do so I went back to the hospital and one of the doctors came up to the tent and told me to get ready to go to Winchester and from there we were to go to Baltimore to the hospital there - well I got in a wagon and went on to Winchester - we got there about sundown and got a house to stay all night at and we drew rations for supper and breakfast 

Thursday the 3 
     well this morning we started at 7 O'clock AM and got to Harpers Ferry about 12 O'clock at noon and we are waiting here for the trains going West to pass us so I do not know whether we will get off much before dark or not and perhaps not then - there is about 2 hundred of us on the train - we are all able to walk - well I could have got a got a discharge as easy as I could have got a furlough if I have had my papers made out for a discharge - if my health does not improve in a month more I shall get a discharge from the Army for good - but I think that I am getting better now - well the reason that we are all sent away is they are looking for the Rebels to attack our forces on the valley for as soon as Richmond is taken the Rebels will come back to the valley and try and take possession of it but I do not think they will do that - we had a very nice trip down from Winchester to Harpers Ferry - the cars went very slow - the track is made of wood and a bar of iron laid on the sill of wood so it is a poor sort of road - the country is very nice but not so nice as it is from Martinsburg to Winchester - that is as nice a country as I have ever seen in all my life - there will be not less that one hundred thousand bushels of wheat in this country that will not be harvested at all for the owners are Rebels and they have fled from their homes - well I have nothing of much importance to write today so I will qit for this time - well we started from Harpers Ferry at 8 O'clock PM and got to Frederick City about one O'clock AM - we 
were disappointed about going to Baltimore very much - well I had to set on the buffer of the cars all the way and when we got to the city I got off of the cars and made my bed on a plank pile and slept till daylight - when I got up all the boys were gone. 

Friday the 4 day of July 
     we went up to the hospital on the hill and was ordered back again to another hospital but did not get in so we had to go back on the hill to the barrack and I am staying there with some few of our boys but we are very much crowded - well this was a dull 4 - there was a small procession and a bross band which made good music - well I am getting better I have a good appetite and feel much better than I did 

Saturday the 5 
     well this is a fine day and it is going to very a very hot day - well we have good times - we have good light bread and some butter and tea and coffee - we get some ale - the Sisters of Charity are attending on the sick all the time - they are very kind to the sick 

Sunday the 6 
     this is a warm day - yesterday evening I went out to interment of 2 soldiers that died on Friday evening - they were both interred in one grave - well I got a pass at one O'clock PM and took a fine walk over the city this evening - it is a nice town - very healthy and clean 

Monday the 7 
     this is a desperate warm day - the warmest that we have had this year - well today I have concluded to go to work - I am in the drug store at the hospital and am putting up prescriptions for the sick - I am doing very well 

Tuesday the 8 
     well this is a hot day again and we have been very busy all the forenoon but we have got through now and have some rest till 4 O'clock then the prescription books comes in for awhile - well I must quit writing for today 

Wednesday the 9 
     this is a warm day again - well we have no news of importance at this time 

Thursday the 10 
     this is fine clear weather and good for the farmers to gather their harvest 

Friday the 11 
     we had a nice rain this evening 

Saturday the 12 
     this is a fine day again 

Sunday the 13 
     this is a busy day with us - I had to scrub this morning - last evening I washed all the bottles and washed all the shelves - we had a inspection today at 11 O'clock AM - all passed off well - we had things in good order 

Monday the 14 
     this is a very warm day - well there is a large number of sick in the 5 different hospitals - there is 4 in town besides this one - there is from 10 to 12 hundred sick in all - this is the principal one - they get their prescriptions filled here except one and they have medicine of their own 

Tuesday the 15 
     there is still warm weather - well there is 2 large stone buildings here that was built in 1774 by the British - they built them for a hospital then and they are as firm as ever and will perhaps last as long as time lasts - they are built of limestone and are 2 stories high and one or 2 fireplaces to the room - they have a narrow double porch and they have stairs to go up outside 

Wednesday the 16 
     we had a fine rain this evening - well they are building more hospitals here - they are going to more all the hospitals here as soon as they can 

Thursday the 17 
     this has been a fine day the rain we had last evening had made the air cool and nice - we have not war news of any importance - it seems that our Army is waiting for reinforcements before they attack the city of Richmond - well it is raining again tonight 

Friday the 18 
     nothing unusual today - we have fine weather 

Saturday the 19 
     this is a nice day and we have plenty to do today - we have to have everything cleaned up for tomorrow - well we have no war news at this time 

Sunday the 20 
     this is a pleasant day - we got the forenoon work done in good time - I have neuralgia in my jaw and am suffering very much all day 

Monday the 21 
     this is a fine day and we have plenty to do today - we did not get up with the books till 2 O'clock pm 

Tuesday the 22 
     a very pleasant day - we have no war news of interest 

Wednesday the 23 
     we had some rain today - well I am getting along very well here though I do not know whether they will keep me on now - but I think hey will - I should be very well satisfied to stay here until my time is out in the service - last night there was a fire in town - it caused a great excitment in the hospital 

Thursday the 24 
     this is a cloudy day and pleasant 

Friday the 25 
     this is fine weather and not so very warm for the time of year 

Saturday the 26 
     nothing unusual today 

Sunday the 27 
     this is a busy day with us again - we have things in ample order 

Monday the 28 
     this is a warm day 

Tuesday the 29 
     we had a fine rain this evening it has helped the growth of vegetation 

Wednesday the 30     
     this is a warm day 

Friday the 1 of August (August, 1862) 
     there is nothing of importance today 

Saturday the 2 
     very warm 

Sunday the 3 
     this is a hot day - there is not many deaths in the hospital in the last week - there was not more than 3 in 7 days 

Monday the 4 
     this is very warm weather 

Tuesday the 5 
     we have no very important news today 

Wednesday the 6 
     the weather is still warm 

Tuesday the 7th 
     a very warm day indeed 

Friday the 8 
     there is no news of importance today 

Saturday the 9 
     this is a very warm day - we have plenty of work to do this hot weather 

Sunday the 10 
     last night we had a fine rain it has revived things 

Monday the 11 
     this is another wam day 

Tuesday the 12 

Wednesday the 13 
     there is no news of interest today