January 1863
1st In camp at Prairie Grove once more rain at night it is New years day & now let us look forward to better success this year
2d march to Fayetteville 15 miles roads very muddy
3d weather fine our C. (Black) is doing well also the boys that were wounded from this Reg.
4th the W.S.C. is caring for our boys here
5th General review today by Gen. Schofield he tries to take our Blanket team away but is not quite smart enough still we have to carry our Knapsacks
6th march 8 miles S.E. camp on White river.
7th march 4 miles camp on the banks of Richland creek weather fine a little cloudy
8th weather beautiful camp named after Gen. Rosecrans the Hero of Murfreesboro
9th Reg. in good Health & spirits weather fair
10th this morning we break up camp & march East 14 miles through a beautiful valley to the once beautiful but now desalate town of Huntsville Ark. Gen. Herron's (3d div'n) has left today for Carrollton East Gen. Blunt's (1st) Div'n is at Elm springs thus leaving one div'n in a place
11th weather beautiful just cool enough for comfort this is a fine town & the County seat while here Herron shot 9 bushwhackers mostly leaders of bands
Jan. 12th this is a beautiful morning the roads are good it is very mountainous [illegible] here
13th a rainy day orders to march but they are countermanded & we lay in camp Gen. Schofield has come from Fayetteville where we left him the 6th [illegible]
14th We are weather bound have had orders to march for two days & all the time it has rained so we cannot move
15th last night the rain turned to snow & now that is 4 inches deep rather cool
16th this morning it snowed & blowed but now it is warmer
17th A very pleasant morning roads excelent but like to be very muddy soon
18th march at 3.P.M. train ahead almost impossible to get along but we go to go 7 miles
19th rainy day lay 7 miles north of Huntsville for the roads to get better
20th cloudy weather roads impassable & we still lay mud bound
21st clears off train commences to move there is a prospect of proceeding at once to Missouri where it will be easier to get rations & clothing to us for we are greatly in need of both at present Reg. good Health
22d March 6 miles north teams take the wrong road & go to the War Eagle 5 miles cloudy, rain in the P.M. roads very bad
23d weather fine teams come in & we pitch our tents on a beautiful Hillside 6 miles south of White river in Madison County Arkansas
24th march north cross the White river over bridge erected for the occasion by the 26th Ind. strike the telegraph road at Mudtown pass through Crosshollows & camp 1/2 mile north of there we are now on the old familiar road with our faces turned Springfield marched today 16 miles
25th march 13 miles along the telegraph road & camp on the very ground where we made our last charge at the Battle of Pearidge march 8th/62. the effects of the battle are to be seen on every side here a tree splintered by a shell in another place a score of bullets are embedded in the trunk of some giant oak it is cloudy & looks as though we might have a shower
26th march 10 miles along the telegraph road & camp in camp Sigel last night it rained all night & the roads are very bad we are again in Missouri
27th lay in camp clears off is a beautiful day roads are getting better mud is drying up we shall soon have good roads one of Blunts Brigades is at Springfield receive mail
28th weather fine roads are getting excelent the Regiment is in excelent Health & spirits expect soon to resume our march northward or it may be we shall turn back from here
29th break up camp at daybreak march 16 miles north along the wire road pass through Keatsville & Cassville & camp on flat Creek nearly all the Houses on this road Keatsville & Cassville included have been burned to the ground by our (miserable) Missouri troops this a beautiful creek on which we are camped & winds through a beautiful valley crossing the road nine times in twelve miles
30th march 7 miles along the wire road and camp at what is known as the three widows 45 miles S.W. from Springfield
31st camp named after our present com'd'g Gen. (Schofield) or as he is termed here Buell No Two for all believe he lacks the courage to risk a battle