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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
� 53 It began to rain about five this morning + continued up to within half an hour -- This has given us a pretty good soaking but our spirits remain good.
The men are all provided with light tents which they carry in their packs. This makes them heavily loaded. I carry beside my sword a haversack a woolen and rubber blanket and my overcoat. The line officers are to have four tents to sleep in nights.
Now we fall in again.
12M. Another stop and very nearly to our outer picket, too.