the place loyal, and disposed to show us every possible
attention. We halted on the public square, or common, and the ladies
of the town gathered in large numbers and supplied many of us with
cake and other refreshments. Here the regiment and battery rested
until 5 P. M., when the march was resumed. Entering a pass of the
South Mountain, the acclivity looming up on both sides, every
precaution was taken against any possible surprise by the enemy. The
battery was divided, one-half in the advance and the remainder in
the rear of the column.

At 9 P. M. we reached Middletown, where the people showed themselves
in large numbers, as we passed their quiet homes. We made no stop at
Middletown, but tramped along, tired and hungry, stopping about
midnight and camping on a hill on the outskirts of Frederick City,
Maryland, having marched thirty-six miles since daylight. Men from
all the companies soon collected rails and built a camp-fire,
illuminating the surrounding country and causing the ringing of a
fire alarm in Frederick City.

At 4 A. M. June 18th, we broke camp and marched into Frederick,
halting at some old barracks, said to have been built during the
Revolutionary war. We were the first Union troops that had entered
Frederick City since the commencement of hostilities, and the event
naturally caused no little stir among the inhabitants of that
semi-rebellious city. Nearly if not quite all its prominent citizens
were in sympathy with the rebel cause, and we were consequently not
regarded by them with any degree of favor. The presence, however, of
twelve hundred well drilled and disciplined troops and a battery of
six rifled guns, proved a quite potent reminder of what might be
expected should there be any undue interference. Soon after entering
Frederick, our company was marched to a restaurant and provided with
an excellent breakfast, after which we returned to the old barracks.
We were given permission by our officers to look about the city, with
orders to report in camp at noon. Many of the citizens were found to
be true Union men, by whom we were courteously received and kindly
treated, and I don't believe that during our brief stay in town any
member of the regiment, either by word or deed, left any unfavorable
impression among the inhabitants. In the afternoon, just previous to
the departure of the regiment, a deputation of Union citizens, both
men and women, waited upon us and presented to Mrs. Kady Brownell an