August 7 — We were on outpost picket until sunset, and were relieved then by the second section of our battery. We came back on reserve and camped quarter of a mile west of Brandy Station. From our picket post we saw the Yankee line of pickets to-day, which was only about a mile from our post.
We had a hard thunder-shower this evening while we were returning from picket; rain fell in torrents, which soaked us all over.
