Monday Morning Aug 15th/64

Very pleasant this morning. Our Regt Went Out on Picket Colonel Wildes Field officer of the day. Evening just after a good army supper. Made up of Ham Potatoes Pickels Hard tack & coffee &c We are Still Lying at Cedar Creek Skermishing is going on in the front

There was to of the 36th O.V.I. killed today. Cloudy This Eve. & a Cool Breese & ? Health Good. About Eight OC Clock Colonel Wildes Came in & wrote & Order to Cap Mallory Commanding 116th. He sent me out with it. Dick Shanon (?) went a long Found Them & Stayed all night The Enemy was quite near.