Strassburg
During the night still more rain. We are marching six-thirty o'clock.
Through lack of cooking utensils and neglect on part of the orderly, Company C is not yet ready to march and falls in later. During our march the chief appoints Lieutenant Dros as Company Comd. P.T. (?) Nine-forty-five o'clock we arrive at Strassburg. Abandoned rebel camp with baking ovens. Here and there dead horses. Fragments of exploded bombs. By Strassburg one dead Rebel is lying on the road. Another dying his face is covered with a hat and a water jug alongside of him a male nurse in attendance.
Strong cannon thunder. We are at the heel of the enemy under General Jackson. Many prisoners are led past us. Some very much reduced. Stragglers who let themselves be taken prisoners, others in regular uniform. One prisoner, a Lieutenant says: I am rather in my place than in yours! - The road is marked with weapons, blankets and so on. Many guns, springfield rifles some of which were bent crooked before. (Harpers Ferry) Cavalry and Infantry tirailleurs (Skirmishers) are going through the fields on both sides and find the Rebels.
Afternoon thunderstorms and rain.
General Stahl is taken prisoner then wounded. Yet we were told he was bright and cheerful. Arrival in Woodstock. For the night bivouac by Woodstock. Company C Picket Duty. No rations. Butcher what you can get. Company C one calf, one cow and milk. During our march we found two field cauldrons and are now starting again to cook in our camp.
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