Journal of Surgeon Alfred L. Castleman.

8th.–More pleasant than yesterday. In camp all day. There is a rumor that the enemy have taken one hundred and fifty of our teams in the Shenandoah Valley, and that they are again at Harper’s Ferry. The report is not credited here,[1] but it is certain that they have cut the railroad four miles east of us, stopping our supplies from Washington. Hard times ahead.

[1] Proved to be false.