1862February 14 Left Greenes Burg and started on a line of march for the South Camped at Ebonezer Meeting House 15 Marched through Columbia and camped in the woods and a man shot in Compt (F) by one of same Compt 16 Marched all day in the rain, snow melted off Camped on big creek 17 Marched to Edmunton and camped 18 Marched too Randolph and camped 19 Marced all day in the rain and camped in Glassgow courthouse 20 March out 3 miles on the Nashville Pike to Camp Grant. Rested 3 days much rain during the time 23 Marched back to Glasgow, took the Bowlinggreen road marched 16 miles and camped 3 miles above Bell's Tavern 24 Marched 2 miles below Bell's Tavern camped early in the day to shoe our teems. 25 Marched 21 miles and camped 3 miles north of Bowlinggreen the name of the camp was Buell and rested 5 days. March 2 left Camp Buell marched to the River and remained there the greater part of the day waiting for other troops to cross the river, rained vary hard, Crossed over the river and marched 3 miles south of Town and camped on the Nashville Pike 3 marched 20 and camped 4 Marched 11 miles and camped 3 miles in Tenn 5 Marched 18 miles & camped 6 marched 10 miles & camped 5 miles North of Nashville at Camp Hobson in Davidson County Tenn Rested 4 days 10 Marched threw Nashville and camped 3 miles South of said city at Andrew Jackson rested 7 days 18 Left camp Andrew Jackson and marched 10 miles & camped in Montgomery County Tenn March 1862 19 Marched 14 miles passing threw Frankling Tenn and camped 22 Marched 6 miles to camp no 4 in Murry County Tenn 23 rested 24 do 25 do 26 do 27 do 28 do 29 do 30 Left camp no 4 and marched 7 miles to duck river waded the same. Passed threw Columbia Tenn camped 5 miles beyond the town at 10 Oclock P.M. 31 Marched hard all day distance not recolete April 1 Marched all day 2 do 3 do 4 do 5 do 6 reached Tennesse river at Savanah Took a Boat and went up the river 10 or 12 miles and landed at PittsBurg Landing about 11 Oclock at night. Marched out on the Bloody Battle Ground of Pittsburg landing which had been fought that day and stood in line of battle in the rain the balance of the night and very hungry. 7 marched out on the bloody field of Strife early in the morning fought hard all day with but vary little to eat took the rain again at night 8 Stood in line of battle part of the dyay Still raining at night 9 Camped on the battle ground 10 Engaged in burying the dead. 11 Still burying the dead 12 do 13 do 14 do 15 do 16 Our waggons tents & blankets come up from Savanah 17 Moved out and camped on the out line of the Battle ground 18 Still in Camp 19 do 20 do 21 do 22 do 23 paid off 24 Still in camp 25 do 26 Health of the reg vary bad 27 do 28 do 29 do 30 Moved out four miles towards Corrinth & pitched camp May 1862 1 rested 2 do 3 do 4 Marched near the Mississippi line and camped 5 Still in camp 6 do 7 do 8 do 9 do 10 Still in camp 11 do 12 Marched into Mississippi 13 Rested 14 do 15 do 16 do 17 Moved 2 « miles nearer towards Corrinth Skirmish fighting going on between the picketts 18 went into camp 19 went out on pickett 20 returned to camp 21 rested 22 On pickett 23 returned to camp 24 Rested 25 On pickett 26 Returned to camp May 1862 27 On pickett 28 Heavy Canonading the most of the day lay in line of battle all day 29 the same all day 30 The rebels evacuate Corrinth Generals Nelson & Pope takes Persession of Corrinth June 1862 1 Boyls Brigade went to Corrinth on pickett duty 2 Returned back to camp 3 Rested 4 Buells whole army started out on a line of march towards mobile a south direction Camp at night after Marching 12 miles 5 Marched 13 miles 6 Marced 14 miles and passing threw Gynensy(?) after night 7 Marched 10 miles & camped 8 Rested 9 do 10 Changed our direction from south to East at the rates of 12 miles a day the men suffer a great deal with heat & dust the weather is vary hot dry and dusty Camped 3 miles from Jacinto 11 Marched 16 miles & camped 4 miles west of Iuka 12 Marched 3 « miles & camped in sight of Iuka 13 was paid off 14 Marched 16 & camped 15 Marched 14 miles passing threw Tuscumbia and camping on the bluff of Tenn river 16 Rested 17 drilled 18 do 19 do 20 Sent out a working party to assist in getting waggons across the river 21 drilling 22 do 23 do 24 Left camp on the river bluff cross over the same and camped near Florence 25 Marched at 4 OClock in the evening went threw Florence and camped at ten OClock at night 26 Started early and camped at noon June 1862 27 Started 3 OClock and camped at noon 28 Started at 3 and camped at noon 29 Passed Athens camped at noon 30 rested July 1862 1 do 2 Marched in the evening 1 mile and camped 3 rested 4 do 5 Marched in the evening till 10 OClock & camped 6 Marched at 3 OClock and camped at 11 OClock 7 Started at 5 OClock and camped at Huntsville Ala 8 rested 9 do 10 Marched 10 miles and camped on paint creek 11 Marched 12 miles and stoped to feed and rest resumed the march and went 6 mile & camped at Larkinsville 12 Started day light went 11 miles and camped at Bellefont 13 Started early marched 12 miles and camped on Crowcreek(?) 14 Started 2 OClock camped near battle creek on Tenn river near the line between Tenn & Ala 15 Cleaned off camp 16 Pitched tents 17 rested 18 drilled 19 went out on pickett 20 returned from pickett to camp 21 rested 22 Cleaning out the camp 23 drilling 24 do 25 do 26 went on pickett duty on the out post 27 returned from pickett 28 rested 29 drilling 30 do 31 Cleaning up camp August 1862 1 drilling 2 do 3 do 4 do 5 went out on pickett 6 returned to camp 7 rested 8 drilled 9 do 10 went out on pickett 11 returned to camp 12 rested 13 Cleaned up camp 14 drilling 15 went out on pickett 16 returned from pickett 17 rested 18 drilled 19 Preparing to march 20 Left camp Battlecreek at 6 Oclock P.M. marched to Jasper 6 miles & camped 21 marched 4 miles east of Jasper & camped 22 Turned back and marched to battle Creek 23 Marched 3 miles up battle Creek & camped went out on pickett 24 Marched 15 miles & camped on top of Cumberland Mountain 25 Marched 10 miles & camped on the north side of the mountain in milk sick Cove 26 rested 27 do 28 do 29 Marched to Bellham and camped 30 Marched 8 miles & camped 31 Marched 9 miles threw manchester and camped September 1862 1 Marched threw Beach grove & camped 2 marched 15 miles & camped 3 Marche threw Murphrersboro & camped on the banks of Stone river at 11 Oclock A.M. resumed our march taking the lebanon pike September 1862 3 (continued) Marched 10 miles and camped after night 4 rested 5 do 6 Marched 30 miles & camped on rock river 4 miles South of Nashville 7 Marched threw Nashville & camped 5 miles north of the city at our old camp Hobson 8 Marched 5 miles & camped 9 Marched 10 miles & camped 10 Marched 16 miles & camped at Mitchelsville one mile from the Ky line 11 Marched 15 miles & camped 12 Rested 9th Ky had a skirmish with the rebels 13 Marched 11 miles & camped 3 miles South of Boolinggreen 14 rested 15 do 16 Marched threw the city and camped on the North side of big barren river 17 Marched 18 miles & camped heavy rain at night 18 Marched to Cave City & camped 19 rested 21 Left Cave City & camped north of Munfordsville went out on pickett 22 marched 17 miles & camped 23 marched 22 miles & rested till 4 Oclock & resumed our march went 9 miles & camped 24 Marched 15 miles crossed Salt river & camped 25 Marched to Louisville about midnight 26 rested 27 Marched threw Louisville & camped at oakland near the depo 28 went out on pickett 29 Still out on duty 30 returned from pickett October 1862 1 resumed our marched and taking the Bardstown pike marched 15 miles & camped had Skirmish with the rebels in the evening 2 Marched 8 miles to Mt Washington, Bullet Co 3 Marched 20 miles Skirmishing a cross Salt river camped on the South side of the river 4 Paid in the morning resumed our marched 20 miles by the way of Springfield and camped 1 mile north of Bardstown October 1862 5 Marched 15 miles & camped on Beechfork 6 Marched to Springfield and camped 7 Marched 18 miles & camped on the Rowlingfork 8 Marched 8 miles and camped 9 Marched 4 miles & camped on the edge of the Battleground of Perryville 10 Marched 4 miles camped on Salt river 11 Stood all day in line of battle some fighting on our right 12 Marched 5 miles and camped 3 miles east of Danville 13 Marched threw Danville 1 mile on the road to camp Dick Robertson and lay in line of battle all night 14 Turned back Marched threw Danville taking the Stanford Pike Marched threw Stanford & camped 15 Marched 20 miles went threw Craborchard camped. Skirmishing all day with the rebels got some men wounded 16 Marched 5 miles and camped at a big spring east of Mountvernon 17 Marched 4 miles found the road blockaded went back to our old camp 18 Marched 8 miles & camped in 3 miles of bragg army 19 Marched threw camp wild cat went 8 miles and camped in Lorel Co 20 Marched 2 miles & camped went out on pickett duty 21 Remained on pickett our men bring in some Prisoners and beef Cattle 22 Still on pickett 23 Turned back towards Louisville 12 miles and camped in Rockcastle County 24 Marched threw Mount Vernon and camped 25 Marched to Summer Sett in Pulasky Co 26 Rested vary cold snowing 27 Snow 6 inches deep 28 Marched 8 miles and camped on fishing Creek 29 Marched 10 miles camped in Russel County 30 Marched 20 miles and camped in Adair County 7 miles from Columbia 31 Marched 8 miles to Columbia Regment disbanded to meet at Glasgow Barren County on the 3 day Nov in order for the men to go home to see there familys & friends November 1862 4 Remained at Glasgow 5 Left Glasgow and took the Gallinton road camped on barren river 6 Marched 15 miles and camped at Scottsville, Allen County, Ky 7 Marched 14 miles crossed Tenn line and camped 3 miles in Tenn in Cumberland Co 8 Marched 25 miles went to threw Gallinton and camped between Gallinton November 1862 8 (continued) & Cumberland river 9 rested 10 Marched 10 miles crossing Cumberland river and camped on the Lebanon & Nashville Pike 18 miles from Nashville 11 Left camp to guard a train of waggons to Mitchellville & back we returned back to camp the 16 day of Nov, 1862 16 Left in the evening went to Silver Springs 17 Rested 18 Moved our camp 8 miles towards Nashville to Stone river 19 Rested 20 do 21 Crossed the river went 2 miles & camped on the Murfursboro & Nashville Pike 22 Rested 23 do 24 Still in camp 25 Left Camp Marched threw Nashville crossed the river camped at our old Camp Hobson 5 miles north of the city 26 Marched 7 miles went in to camp waiting for the cars 27 Got on the cars landed at Munfordsville 30 day of Nov 1862 went into camp Remained in camp from the 30 to the 27 day of Dec 1862 performing camp duty and pickett duty all the time Decenber 1862 28 Left camp Munfordsville in Pursuit of Morgan Marched 23 miles and camped at Nolin 29 Marched at ? Oclock and went 20 miles to Rolingfork had a Skirmish with Morgan 30 Marched 6 miles to the bridge a cross Rolingfork rested till noon and marched back to Elizabethtown on our return back 31 Returned back to Rolingforg Bridge January 1863 1 day in camp 2 do 3 Started back to Munfordsville landed there the 4 of the same month 5 Remaining in camp at Munfordsville up to March the 10 day 1863 performing camp duty & pickett working on fortification & C J.H.Oldham