August, Saturday 23, 1862

By Fayetteville.

Today we expected an encounter, instead we marched all day, or rather patrolled just like the rotating battery turret, presumably to deceive the enemy by going around or supposedly looking for them. We heard heavy gun and small gunfire at different points.

Evening - Rest on a hill (by Fayetteville?)

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BASSON, RUDOLPH.-Age, 23 years. Enrolled, August 29, 1861, in New York city, to serve three years: mustered in as sergeant, Co. C, September 9, 1861; promoted sergeant-major, January 19, 1862; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. E, March 18, 1862; first lieutenant, October 3, 1862; first lieutenant and adjutant, November 22, 1862; wounded in action May 2, 1863; mustered in as caption, May 2, 1863; discharged for disability, August 26, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn.; also borne as Augustus R.; commissioned second lieutenant. November 19, 1862, with rank from March 18, 1862, vice C. Barth, promoted; first lieutenant, November 19, 1862, with rank from October 3, 1862, vice A. Streck, promoted; first lieutenant and adjutant, February 20, 1863, with rank from November 22, 1862, vice A. Michaelis, promoted; captain August 7, 1863, with rank from May 3, 1863, vice L. Bisky, killed in action.