19^th. Very warm and breezy. Gen. Stannard is to take command of this brigade Monday. It is reported that he is a very fine man.

20^th. Rained quite hard this morning. Gen. Stannard did not arrive to-day. Col. Blunt has moved his quarters to his regiment. No news from Hooker’s army or the yarn press. Charleston is not taken yet and I don’t think it will be this year. Received five letters from home yesterday.

22^nd. Cold and windy. More rain and mud.

23^rd. Rain and wind. Cold and wet. No news from the army.

24^th. Rained hard all day. Moved head quarters back to Union Mills. Gen. Stannard in command. Was all day going six miles. Got six miles in the mud and had to pull them out with horses.

25^th. Cold and windy. Pitched tent.

26^th. Warm and pleasant. Nothing new going on. The cars run as far as Warrenton Junction. Paid off. More rain and mud. Commenced to rain about ten this morning. No more war news yet. Gen. Foster all right. Banks is doing the clean thing. We have a Colonel who says he substituted Fitzsimmons from Mexico. His name is Jesper Lencher Cereo.

31^st. Forth contrabanis arrived to-day for Alexandria. Among them a nice young white lady from Warrynton. Mustered for pay. Nothing new at Charleston or West.

May 1^st. All quiet and warm. Hooker’s army on the move.

May 2^nd. Nothing new from Hooker. The 12^th regt. (12^th RegVI) went to Warrynton to guard the railroad.

May 3^rd. Reported that Hooker has crossed the Rapahannock. Had a sharp skirmish at Warrynton this morning with Mosely’s (Mosby’s) cavalry. Our loss , one killed, nine wounded. Rebs. 25 killed, three wounded, out of 35 men and officers.

5^th. Chas. H. Clark, Bandmaster, died last night. Sick but a short time. Heavy cannonading is heard in the direction of Fredericksburg. Cheering news from the army of the Potomac. Hooker is giving them what Burnside failed. Had a severe thunderstorm which lasted all day. It is going to rain four days this week.

6^th. More rain. The 15^th Regt. (15^th RegVI) is ordered to the Rappahannock. Come fifty miles from this place to guard the railroad. They were to go this afternoon, but the river Bull Run will not allow them to pass. Hard fighting at Fredericksburg to-day.

7^th. The 15^th Regt. (15^th RegVI) and one section of Hazard’s Battery has gone down to the Rappahannock. Cloudy but no rain. Hooker has gone down and recrossed the river without loss.

May 8^th. Nothing new this morning. Reported that Hooker has recrossed the river.

9^th. Quite yarn, no more news from Hooker yet.

10^th. Went down to Rappahannock station. Met with some Rebs at Kettle Run Bridge. They had fired the bridge and torn up the track. Were at work when we came along but skee-daddled at the sight of the train. We succeeded in saving the bridge and left a guard. When we came back the bridge, about one mile this side, on Cannon Run, was on fire. Just in time to save it. Saw the Rebs, about fifty of Stewart’s Cavalry. They intended to capture the train, but found us enough for them.

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