Morning:
Seven-thirty o'clock March Orders, Forth-fifth** as Front Skirmishers.
Weather dreary and cold.
We are marching until four o'clock to Salem. We are marching without knowing whereto. First order from General - "As far as the church." The direction is North West. Company A-B-C-K are forming the head of the vanguard, besides a Company of Mounted Rifles. We, Company C, on the right side of the street as Tirailleurs. (Skirmishers)
Farms, Houses, etc.
On one farm a barrel of explosive powder.
Afternoon: rain and snow.
About four o'clock the Twenty-Seventh had possession of many houses.
We are led through the city into the forest to bivouac in snow and ice. Great discontent.
We are building and digging at the corner of a stone fence.
Evening: Hospitality extended to us by Doctor Idler.
In the morning we go over to Lawrences Farm, Hoefer, I and three others.
** I suspect this is a typo and should be Forty-fifth.
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