North Fork of the Shenandoah R.R.
Morning: the rain is letting up gradually.
Marching readiness.
One man from every company for bridge building.
Merkel ill with fever into the Mount Jackson Hospital.
Noon: Twelve o'clock march across the pontoon bridge; The water in the meantime has fallen quite a lot. After marching for about one hour there is taken from our regiment the second avant guard, (the first one are the Bucktail Sharpshooters) The De Kalb, the third, to ten men at the time, are put into a four mule harness forage wagon and quickly dispatched further.
Arrival in ..................
We travel through without meeting the enemy.
About five o'clock halt - campingsite, without rations no crackers. Chickens, pigs etc. Lieutenant Hofferberth and I one chicken and fried beef.
Meat and flour are distributed towards morning. The first remains in most part plentiful since the time for cooking and preparing is lacking.
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