19th.  Marched 15 miles and camped 4 miles north of Somerset. This day the battle of Mills Spring was fought.  We could hear the roar of the battle.  Our Regt did not succeed in reaching the scene of action. Our forces were victorious completely routing the rebels: Killing Genl Zollicoffer in whom they placed great confidence.  We remained in camp for 12 days naming our camp Camp Duncan.  Our guns had got very rusty & we were busily engaged while here cleaning our arms, equipment and clothing.

Jan 31st. Left Camp Duncan and marched southeast through a very mountaneous Country. The creeks were very high being nearly unpassable.  in the afternoon the rain commenced drizzling down making us very miserable.