February 1st, 1864.
I have not joined the regiment yet. The Doctor is very loth to let me go, and the patients urge me so hard to stay with them, it is hard to leave. Our regiment expected to start for the North tomorrow, but the order was countermanded today, and they have been notified to be ready to march, with two days’ rations, and in light marching order. They have just passed through here and crossed the river to the front. Rumor says Wolford is in trouble again, and the Ninth Corps is to help him out. There has been some fighting near here for several days with Rebel cavalry. Prisoners are daily coming in, by fifties and by hundreds.
