Thursday, June 16th.
At 4 A. M., after having loaded and unloaded boats for two days and two nights, the regiment crossed the river and then halted for some time waiting for an issuance of rations, but none being supplied, we marched on, hoping to overtake the supply train which it was discovered had preceded us, but, failing to overhaul it, we halted at 1 o’clock and the train was ordered to return. The road was extremely dusty and the temperature was 100 degrees in the shade, but at 5 o’clock we moved on to meet the train but missed it, and after marching about fifteen miles in the aggregate, we camped, thoroughly tired out, hot and hungry. We are informed that some of the rebels’ outer works have been taken by the Ninth Corps.
