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to the right of Fort Ellsworth, where a new Brigade was formed, 
consisting of the 3rd and 4th Maine, and 38th and 40th New 
York Regiment, under Command of Brig. Gen. John Sedgwick.
While at this camp the Brigade  built " Fort Worth" by details of men 
from each Regiment daily.

On the 24th and 28th of Aug. a portion of the Regiment 
under Major Staples had a brilliant skirmish with the enemy at "Baileys 
Cross Road" without any loss on our part. The regiment remained 
in the camp doing picket duty, working on fortifications, and drilling, 
till the 24th of September, when the Brigade was ordered forward 
to take position on "Fowles Estate", on the Old Fairfax Road, and was then posted to the division of Gen Heintzelman.

Having found a complete "Breastwork" in our front, 
the regiments furnished daily details of men for the construction 
of "Fort Lyon," one the most important fortresses in the vicinity 
of the Capitol. At this time Col. Howard having been 
promoted to Brig. General, Major Staples succeeded to the 
Colonelcy of the Regiment, and company Battalion and Brigade 
drills followed each then in close succession during the remainder 
of our stay in this camp, which in honor of Gen. Howard, was 
called "Camp Howard."

On the 17th of March, the Regiment together with the 
balance of the Brigade, and Division, broke up camp, took 
transports at Alexandria and sailed for Fortress Monroe, where, with the Brigade, six companies arrived on the 19th. The other four 
companies viz: Captains Lakeman, Morgan, Johnson, and Richmond's 
were placed on board unseaworthy tugs, and having been overtaken
by a squall, were driven into St. Mary's Harbor, Md. near the mouth 
of the Potomac, and did not join the regiment for six or eight 
days after our arrival, they being at the time short of rations.