May 11—Prayers in a. m. I visit 28th Regiment and see Bro. Kennedy.
May 12—Visit 12th, 28th, 20th and 37th Regiments.
May 13—Wife’s birthday. Yesterday, eight years ago, I married her.
May 14—Prayer every morning and evening.
May 15—Visit Col. Christie, of 23rd Regiment. Bro. Ervin, of South Carolina, spends night with me and preaches.
May 16—Four new converts.
Sunday, May 17—Preach at 9 a. m. Baptize A. S. Brown Co, H. and—Alexander Co. K. Prayer meeting in p. m.
May 18—In camp Lieut. Orr presents me with ten dollars. Sundry other officers contribute to buy me a horse.
May 19—Meet chaplains.
May 20—Rev. Dr. W. J. Hoge preaches to our brigade.
May 21—Rev. N. B. Cobb and Rev. J. A. Stradly, of North Carolina, come to Second Regiment.
May 22—Bro. Stradly preaches for 2nd and 30th in a. m., Bro. Cobb in p. m. Prayer meeting in each at night.
May 23—I preach to 2nd and 30th. Several converts.
May 24—I preach twice. Baptize J. A. Underwood. Several converts. Bro. Cobb baptizes one of the 30th and four of 14th Regiments at 5 p. m.
May 25—Examine two candidates for Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. J. H. Colton, Chaplain 53rd Regiment spends night with me. He had been my classmate three years at his father’s school, Summerville, N. C., and three years at Chapel Hill.
May 26—Meet Chaplains. Bro. Stradly preaches for me at night.
May 28—Bro. Howard, of Sampson County, North Carolina, comes to my regiment and preaches for me. The Lord pours out His Spirit. We see twelve penitents and five converts.
May 30—Preaching a. m. and p. m. The Lord is with us.
Sunday, May 31 – Bro. Howard preaches in a. m. and I in p. m. He immerses 8, I baptise 1 by pouring. Eleven converts in last four days