Wednesday, December 24.—Great inspection in camp, by Generals Sumner, Howard, and Sully, and their staffs. They all expressed their satisfaction with the appearance of the battery. This was the last visit of the venerable hero, General Sumner, to our battery.
Friday, December 26.—The pontoons were sent to Belle Plains.
Wednesday, December 31.—Quiet in camp.
1863.
Thursday, January 1.—Camp near Falmouth. The army is very poorly provisioned.
Monday, January 5.—A new stable for the battery horses commenced, below the ravine.
Tuesday, January 6.—The news of the battle of Murfreesboro arrived.
Thursday, January 15.—Our camp was partly burned down to-day, through a fire in the camp of the Thirty-fourth Regiment New York volunteers.