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(2) Jan.26 ten miles from camp- Several reconnaissances made during these days revealed nothing of the enemy- The weather was very uncomfortable during the month of January; consequently the prescribed daily drills, parades ( ? ) were very much interrupted. Feb 14 February 14. Nineteen recruits under SS Stearns, commissioned 2nd Lt Co F, arrived in camp- Feb 17 Brig Gen Sedgwick having been promoted to command of a division left the brigade; and on Feb 17 Brig Gen D. B. Birney assumed command of the brigade. Feb 22 to 25 the regiment was on picket duty, the lines on this occasion being extended some two miles

On the 24th a reconnaissance was made by Gen. Heintzelman to capture some of the enemy & pickets, Major Nathan commanded the force, which consisted of our picket reserve and a squad of calvary, and scouted some four miles to the right and seven miles to the point of the lines, going nearby to Occoguan River- further than any reconnaissance made during the winter, but no prisoners were taken, the rebel pickets having retired from their former lines