Friday, June 27th,
Dr. Campbell and I start at 4 a. m. to try to join our regiment.
At Mechanicsville we saw many wounded, and at ____ Mills, many dead and wounded. Among the dead I saw the handsome form of my noble school-mate, James A. Wright, of Wilmington.
Unable to reach our brigade we drop back through Ewell’s and Stonewall Jackson’s commands, and carry Captain Drake toward our old camp. Sleep under a tree. Our Regiment lost some men—S. Tedder, A. B. Hood and A. F. Steel of Mecklenburg.