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this camp.- Tuesday Oct 28th Col Walker left for home on recruiting service. - On Tuesday ( 28th ) the regiment -with the rest of the division, now under command of Gen. Stoneman successor to Gen. Kearny , killed at the battle of Chantilly Sept 1st.- crossed the Potomac into Virginia, fording the river at White's Ford, and camping about a mile from the landing, where we remained till Friday ( 31st ), when we moved camp to the neighborhood of Leesburg.-

The following exhibits the state of the regiment on the morning of November st,

Commissioned Officers Present for duty 24 on detached service 5 Absent with leave 3

"     without leave          1

" sick 1 Total 34

Enlisted men Present 374 on detached service 92 Absent with leave 12 " without leave 32 " sick 223 Total 736

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