June 28th. Reveille at daybreak and immediately afterwards breakfast. At 6 A. M. the column was en route, stepping out at a brisk pace, arriving after a march of about twenty-five miles at Monocasy Junction with few stragglers and in excellent condition.
The country we marched through to-day is very beautiful and the inhabitants greatly excited over the invasion. The rebel cavalry is scouring the country, driving off the fanners’ stock and scaring everybody out of their wits. The militia have been called out again and are hurrying to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington; exactly similar proceedings to those of last September.
