Wednesday, May 11th.
Slept on our arms all night, but everything was comparatively quiet. It looks very much like rain this morning. Hear a report that rebels have been flanked and two thousand prisoners and twelve guns captured, but the report proves to be without foundation. Hear nothing from the cavalry. A thunderstorm came on about 4 P. M., the first rain since we left Culpepper Court House. Reported that the Twenty-second Corps is on the way to join this army. Started towards Fredericksburg in the afternoon and marched all night in the mud, many of the men falling out of the ranks by the way. Very little cannonading during the day.
