March 10th, 1862 - On the morning of the 10th of March, 1862, marched towards Centreville, General C. C. Augur commanding brigade, camped four miles beyond Fairfax Court House ; learned that the enemy had fallen back from Centreville, where, it had been currently reported, he was strongly entrenched. While at this point a party under command of Captain Mallory, was sent from the regiment to the battlefield of the 21st July, to re-inter the skeletons of those who had fallen on that day, and whose remains had been rooted up by the hogs and washed by rains from their shallow graves. A curious case of identification is perhaps, worthy of record. Conspicuous among the skeletons was one which was nearly perfect. Clinging to the legs were fragments of cloth which, notwithstanding the time it had been exposed, nearly nine months, still bore unmistakable evidence as being part of our regimental uniform. This fact being proved, conjectures arose as to the peculiar formation of the teeth, and on closer examination the remains were completely identified as one of our comrades, whose peculiarity in regard to his teeth was well known. The fact of his fate being until now unknown, the completeness of this recognition created considerable excitement and interest.

March 16th ,1862 - March 16th left camp and marched to Alexandria, a distance of twenty-one miles, in the midst of a violent rain storm. Streams, which in the ordinary weather barely trickled across the road, were now swollen to the magnitude of rivers. In some instances our men barely escaped a watery death, being swept from their feet by the strong current. It was subsequently ascertained that three men of another regiment, which crossed a few minutes after the Fourteenth, were swept down the stream, and before assistance could reach them, perished. The regiment quartered in the city for the night. It was expected that the regiment would embark for the peninsula from this point, but on the morning of the 16th took the cars and returned to Upton's Hill and re-occupied our old camp on the Leesburg road, three and a half miles from Alexandria.

April 4th, 1862 - Remained here until April 4th, 1862, when, separating from the army of the Potomac, marched from Alexandria, bivouacking about seven and a half miles from the city. Resuming the march on the 5th proceeded via Fairfax, Centreville, and Blackburn's ford, to within a half mile of Manassas Junction, and occupied the cantonment "Wigfall," recently occupied by the Confederate troops.

April 6th, 1862 - Marched at 8 A.M. on the 6TH via Manassas Junction and Broad River, to within a mile of Bristow Station, and camped in a swampy wood. Remained here until the 15th instant. During this time we were visited by a snow and rain storm, which lasted 5 days. The troops occupying shelter tents, their only protection against the elements, suffered severely ; and the fevers, which became so prevalent in the command at a later date, trace their origin to this boggy camp.

April 15th, 1962 - Broke camp on the 15th and marched to Catlett's Station. On the morning of the 16th the brigade and two regiments of cavalry, under command of General C. C. Augur, left camp, the objective point Fredericksburg. After marching about twenty miles in heavy marching order, the regiment was ordered to throw off knapsacks, leaving them behind at the roadside. Each man paired with a cavalry man of the "Harris' Light," one of the regiments mentioned above, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel, now Major-General Kilpatrick. The men, relieved of their knapsacks, seemed renewed with vigor, and as each man assisted himself by taking hold of a stirrup, the march was resumed, and we pushed forward at an increased rate, partaking more the character of a trot than a walk.

In this novel way we proceeded about four miles, when the enemy was struck ; the regular order of march was at once resumed ; line formed and the attack commenced. The enemy falling back the regiment bivouacked on the spot recently occupied by the retiring foe. Distance marched, twenty-six and a half miles.

During the night the commanding general attempted to gain possession of the bridges across the Rappahannock. The cavalry were directed to make a wide detour around the enemy on our front, strike the road in their rear, and, by a forced march, reach the river in time to save the bridge from destruction, and cut off the retreat of the enemy. Either informed or suspecting the plan, the enemy fell back in the early part of the night to a point on the road well adapted for a barricade and ambuscade. Here he was reinforced by infantry drawn from Fredericksburg. Our cavalry struck the road almost immediately in front of the masked position, and, believing the enemy to be in their rear, advanced somewhat incautiously, and fell into the snare, suffering severely. The Fourteenth was ordered up to their support. The balance of the brigade, then two miles in the rear, hearing the noise of the fight, imprudently beat the long roll ; the enemy, then becoming aware of the vicinity of strong supports, fell back across the river, firing the bridges in their passage, and the command only reached the banks as the rear column wound over the hills back of the city. Batteries were put in position, and a few parting shots thrown at the retreating foe. A squad of cavalrymen lingering in the rear received a shell in its midst, which unhorsed a few and scattered the remainder in every direction except that from which the shot came.

The departure of the enemy was so hurried that no attempt was made on their part to transport any bulky stores, and we witnessed the burning of large quantities of ammunition, quartermaster and commissary stores. With drums beating and colors flying the brigade passed through the village of Falmouth, nearly opposite Fredericksburg, and pitched camp on the heights fronting and covering the latter city. Shortly after our arrival here, a detachment under command of Capt. Mallory, Fourteenth regiment, captured about three hundred barrels of flour, secreted on an island in the Rappahannock river, just above Falmouth.