Friday, May 27th.
On reaching the Church fires were built and rations issued, and gradually the men left behind came straggling in, covered, like ourselves, with mud and wet to the skin. While trying to dry out and make ourselves reasonably comfortable under the circumstances, our morning naps were disturbed by rumors of another change of base and an impending long march. We were not actually routed out, however, until 9 o’clock A. M., when we formed line and marched steadily until 12 o’clock at night, covering twenty-five miles, but losing from the ranks more than two-thirds of the men, who fell out from sheer exhaustion but joined us later.
