Wed [April] 22 [1863]

Many Visitors in & out of Regt. rode to extreme right called
on Col. Burnham 22 Conn. married Mary Archer -- vis. several
batteries saw place where we captured rebel battery. Vis. hosp.
repitched prayer tent & made new seats. large meetg in eveg.
Riding along lines met a negro large bent & old -- sd. was "crippled
& de-misery settled in his legs -- prayed sometimes, went to ch -- not
Year before last nor year before dat -- Prayed for ____ most forgit what -
Well. was last summer prayed Lord to con - ver -ver - vert my soul
(he stammered) Has he -- Yah Yah --spec. not. war knocked it all out
my head -- most --"

Colonel George S. Burnham of the 22nd Connecticut