August 11th, 1862 - The march of the following day will long be remembered by those who participated in it. Up to that time it was, probably, the severest march the regiment had ever experienced. The sun poured down her fiercest rays upon our heads. The troops toiled along under the weight of muskets, ammunition, knapsacks and blankets, the road ankle deep in dust, which continually rose in choking clouds, filling ears, eyes and mouth. Another fact contributed to our discomfort ; the springs were miles apart, and so scant of water that the rear of a column, on reaching them, found either a few drops to quench a torturing thirst, or else the water so muddied by the dipping of numberless cups in their shallow depths, as to be unfit for draught. Notwithstanding the severity of the march the command pushed on with scarcely a murmur, as it was believed to be a grave emergency that called for such herculean efforts. "Our comrades want us," was the word we heard, and every soldier's heart responded to the cry. Footsore and weary, physically exhausted, but not faint in heart, so the men struggled on, each true soldier feeling that his presence was needed on the morrow for a double purpose - one blow in defense of a nation's life, another for a comrade in distress. At last a resting place was reached when within two miles of Culpepper Court House. The brigade bivouacked in line of battle, and soon after we learned that the enemy had retired across the Rapidan ; distance marched, twenty-eight miles.

August 16th, 1862 - On the 16th moved into camp near Cedar Mountain. On the 17th marched to the Rapidan river to support the Harris light cavalry guarding Mitchell's ford. The object of this march was to cover the withdrawal of our army to the northern bank of the Rappahannock . remained at the ford until the night of the 18th, when we withdrew, and with the balance of the brigade, under Gen. Hatch, became the rear guard of the army. We crossed the river on the morning if the 20th, closely followed by the enemy.

August 21st, 1862 - On the 21st the enemy opened his batteries all along the river, and for three days, the cannonading was incessant. The regiment, during these days, was supporting batteries and shifting from one point to another, wherever the enemy seemed disposed to force a crossing. The casualties in the regiment were few, and as follows:

Killed……………………………………………………………………. 2 Wounded……………………………………………………………….. 6

The enemy moving towards our right, and Stuart's cavalry having made a raid upon our train at Catlett's Station, the brigade was moved towards Warrenton, arriving there on the 23d. Gen. Stuart had shortly before passed through the town, laden with plunder from our trains, included in which was Gen. Pope's baggage.

On the 26th marched in the direction of Sulphur Springs. Here another artillery duel took place, and brisk skirmishing along on the banks of the river. The enemy, still moving towards our right, passed around to our rear, and we moved back through Warrenton.

August 28th, 1862 - On the 28th our division (King's) struck the enemy (Jackson's Division) near Gainesville, and a sharp fight ensued, which continued until dark, when the enemy fiercely charged our line, the attack falling principally on Gibbon's brigade, which handsomely repulsed and drove him back into the woods from which he advanced. The division occupied the field and rested in line of battle. The loss in the regiment was comparatively light ; Surgeon Farley, of the Fourteenth, was taken prisoner.

The action had shown evidently that we were inferior in number to the enemy, whose line overlapped ours during the engagement ; and had the fight been resumed on the following day the result would have been doubtful. The division moved at 2 A.M. next morning towards Manassas Junction, reaching that place about mid-day. While making coffee the head of Fitz John Porter's column came up and passed down the road in the direction of Gainesville. When the column had passed, our division followed in the rear, and turned off at Sudley ford road, halting near the stone house on the Warrenton road. Here we remained in reserve until late in the afternoon, when we sent on the Warrenton road towards Groveton, and became hotly engaged.

The Fourteenth regiment occupied the left of the first line, the line extending from the Warrenton road to a belt of woods just beyond the left of the regiment. The enemy fighting every inch of ground, was being slowly driven back, when, Col. Fowler was on the front of the regiment directing the advance of the line, a large body of the enemy came in on the left through the woods already mentioned, and from a direction supposed to be occupied by Fitz Porter's command ; and when within q few paces of our line opened a murderous enfilading fire , which literally mowed down our front, changing at once the whole aspect of the battle, and the brigade was compelled to fall back. Colonel Fowler was severely wounded ; Captains Davy and Mallory mortally wounded, and a large per centage of officers and men killed or wounded. Those of the latter, unable to walk, left upon the field. The command of the regiment now devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel De Bevoise. Our loss as follows:

Killed………………………………………………………………………... 20 Wounded…………………………………………………………………… 60 Prisoners……………………………………………………………………. .. Missing……………………………………………………………………… ..

On the 30th engaged the enemy for the second time on the battlefield of Bull Run. The loss was very severe, in proportion to our reduced numbers, particularly in badly wounded:

Killed…………………………………………………………………………... 5 Wounded…………………………………………………………………….. 20 Prisoners…………………………………………………………………….unknown Missing………………………………………………………………………unknown

We fell back across Bull Run with the retreating army, and arrived at Centreville on the morning of the 31st.