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Vidiersville; loth, eighteen miles to Jones' Store; nth, reached old camp at Frederick Hall (six miles), and there remained till Monday, agth February, at 12 M., when there was an alarm that the enemy's cavalry was at the camp; battery ordered out, and went into posi- tion for a fight on right of the railroad; remained there the rest of the day and night, and returned to camp the morning of ist March [the record has it 3Oth February a natural slip, considering the circumstances], where it remained till ist April. It then left camp and marched fourteen miles to Louisa Courthouse; 9th, marched sixteen miles to a place two miles west of Gordonsville, on the Stanardsville road; and on 2oth, marched four miles and encamped where it is at date.

NOTES.

Eugene S. Alexander, discharged February 5, 1864, by order General Lee.

William H. Efifinger, transferred December 9, 1863, to First regi- ment engineers. C. N. B. Minor to same, April 16, 1864, and Launcelot Minor.

Joseph E. Craig, who joined March 2, 1863, died March 30, 1864.

John M. Gold, who joined April i, 1863, died January 14, 1864, at Fort Lookout.

J. T. Gooch joined the battery, transferred from First regiment of engineers.

The next original record found, which seems to have been made while the battery was in Hardaway's Battalion at New Market Heights, June 30, 1864, is very indistinct. The paper is a very poor specimen of the Confederate make; the ink has faded, and the handwriting not as eligible as Horace Greeley's. We purport it about as follows:

It remained near Barboursville from 3oth April till 4th May, when it left camp at 4 P. M., and marched fourteen miles to a place three miles beyond Orange Courthouse; 5th, to Mine run; 6th, to Locust Grove, and that night rejoined the regiment, distance seven miles; 8th, took - road, marched thirteen miles to Shady Grove church; 9th, - - miles to Spotsylvania Courthouse and went into camp; 1 3th, at daylight ordered into position on left of court-house; in position all day under heavy fire, but not engaged, and so remained four days; on i8th, ordered to open fire; two men wounded; igth and 2oth, still in position but not engaged; 2 ist, at 3 P. M. ordered to hitch up and move with the corps; at daylight took telegraph