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17th we received two days ration of hard bread with a caution to keep them on hand. And on the 19th we left Thomasville marched in a northerly direction crossed the Ockolockony River and camped after having marched about 10 miles. The weather was now like summer. On the 20th it rained and on the 21st it turned cold and continued so during the rest of our march which ended on the 23rd at Albany Ga where we got aboard the cars and were unclear in Old Camp Sumter Anderson on the 24th. During this march we often waded water over our knees and then the cold wind would strike us with a chilling effect. On the night of the 22nd Peter Berg escaped. Again our prospects were very gloomy rain often