January 9 — Weather is getting warmer. It rained all last night. This morning we renewed our march over a very muddy road. At eleven o’clock we passed the camp of the Seventh Brigade of Virginia Militia.
This afternoon we passed Jackson’s camp. We marched till nearly night, and are camped on top of a high hill, from which we can see Jackson’s and General Loring’s camps not far away. Loring’s Brigade came recently from Valley Mountain in Southwest Virginia, and is operating with Jackson in this winter mountain expedition. This camp is on the Martinsburg and Romney road, near Unger’s store, on the southern edge of Morgan County, about twenty-two miles north of Winchester. We remained in this camp until the morning of the 13th.
