Mount Jackson.
Beautiful weather. Pleasantly cool.
Wexel declares his readingess (sic) to send my trunk from Washington to New York likewise the one belonging to Hoefer. I am writing to my wife.
Private Kuefer from Company C is being sent to the hospital to Mount Jackson. Descriptive list clothes?* 23 - 45?* avr.?* to his won (sic) acc. Schuesseler's descriptive list to New Creek. I receive two letters from Captain Hoefer who still is ill in the Cumberland hospital. He asked for his pass. I speak to the chief who has not received Hoefer's letter but agrees to Hoefer's furlough as soon as Hoefer sends a medical certificate. I am about to write to Hoefer immediately, then officer's call. We are told that Chief Amob** was appointed to active Brigade General. Consequently the very same gives the command to Wratislaw acting Colonel. Doebke acting Lieutenant Colonel. Korh acting Major. Lieutenant Durban Captain Company D etc. After that the paymaster is ready to pay our the monies for March and April. Company A - B - O are paid first. The payments for the rest takes up the entire night. The Company Commanders take it for their companies. I receive for Company C $1635,50 (sic) including my salary $22,50. (sic) Quartermaster Bocke?* Acting Brigade Qu. Felix Metzner acting Quartermaster. All the sick are slowly transported out of Mount Jackson. Many of the wounded receive furlough for New York. The former Brigade Quartermaster supposedly was taken a prisoner while with a forage party and he left the main wagon. - Missing.
Ration Rice.
* ? in copy
**Could be Arnob. Difficult to make out in copy.
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