September 2–On a hunt to-day several of my comrades with myself came to a house, and the first thing we heard was, “Is there a Jew in your detachment that caught a deserter yesterday?” They would like to see him, etc. At last one of the boys told them that I was the Jew. After [...]
September 1–To-day we went on a general hunt in full force. We went into a house where we suspected there was a deserter. We hunted through all the out-houses, then went to the house, and the lady strongly denied there being any one there, but would not give us permission to look. We then searched [...]
August 31–Went to Mr. Watkin’s, took dinner there, and stayed all day. Had a very pleasant time with his daughter, Miss Annie.
August 30–Left at 5 in the morning. We hunted through the cliffs for several hours and caught one deserter. Several of our men and myself dined in a widow lady’s house. There were quite a number of ladies there, and we had a very pleasant time. Then we went to Mr. Bell’s and had supper [...]
August 29–Returned to our companions this morning at 10 o’clock.
August 28–We moved this evening, and I stayed in a gentleman’s house all night with Wolf.
August 27–Returned at 7 this morning, went out again at dark, went through four houses of bad repute, but found not one deserter. Went twelve miles this night.
August 26–We stayed in the woods all day, but at night went out scouting for deserters, but did not find any.
August 25–Took the cars at 5 A.M. and got to Keswick, a depot on the Stanton road. We left here after staying one hour, and took our posts in the woods. As we are about twenty men, with one lieutenant in command, we made no camp, but stayed about here and reported every time there [...]
August 24–Was on guard this morning, but Sergeant Hugh Reid sent for me, and detailed me, with some men out of every regiment in our brigade, to hunt deserters. Si Wolf and myself, out of our company. We left camp at 3 this evening, marched two miles up the railroad, and took the cars to [...]
August 23–They have commenced to give furloughs, one to every two companies.
August 12–We had a very severe storm to-day, which killed two men and hurt several of our brigade. It tore up trees and played smash in general.
August 11–Nothing up to to-day. This, I suppose, is to be our regular camp, as we have commenced to drill again.
August 4–Left our camp, marched three miles, one mile on the south side of town.
August 1–Resumed our march at 4 this morning, and got to Orange Court House, fourteen miles. It is a very hot day, and there were several men fell dead on the road from sunstroke. We rested here until the 4th.
July 31–We left here to-night, marched seven miles, and halted.
July 30–Still in camp. Hugh Sample and myself were out on a forage and milked a cow in his hat, the only thing we had.
July 29–Left at 7, marched until 3, camped one mile from Madison Court House. Marched ten miles to-day.
July 28–Left at 6 this morning, marched ten miles and halted on the mountain.
July 27–Left this morning at 5, crossed the Blue Ridge at Thornton Gap. We camped one mile from Sparrowsville. Marched thirteen miles to-day.
July 26–Rested to-day. William Eagle and myself went up the Blue Ridge to gather berries, and were lost in the woods for one hour.
July 25–Left this morning at 7 o’clock, halted at 3 in the afternoon–sixteen miles.
July 24–Marched two miles up Chester Gap, when we were about faced and marched through Front Royal again. We here took the Strasburg road at daylight. We resumed our march, and halted at 3 in the evening. We have been on a forced march three days and nights, waded rivers, fought skirmishes, and marched in [...]
July 23–Left at 5 this morning, went through Front Royal–seventeen miles to-day. Waded the south and north prongs of the Shenandoah River. We then took the road to Mananas Gap, marched three miles, when we met the enemy and had brisk firing until dark. Their line is very strong. They advanced in two lines in [...]
July 22–Left this morning at 5, marched through Winchester three miles, and halted.