June 4. Regiment marched back to the old camp in front. Four men of Co. B reported from Baton Rouge.
June 5. Officers ordered to report at Brigade Head-*quarters to confer about Lieutenant-Colonelcy. The laws of Massachusetts state explicitly that the vacancy shall be filled by the votes of the line officers of the regiment.
June 6. Rumored preparations for another assault. Col. Stone sent for Capt. Stanwood and requested him to act as Lieutenant-Colonel till the vacancy could be legally filled, saying that an election would soon be ordered.
June 7. False alarm in the night. Man with night-*mare disturbed camp by upsetting a stack of guns and bringing out the whole regiment. Inspection at 9 o'clock A. M.
June 8. Harrison W. Dearborn, Co. B, died at Baton Rouge. Immense lots of cotton bales being hauled to the front for breastworks.
June 9. Smart firing during the night. Large fire to be seen in Port Hudson.
June 10. Some heavy cannonading during the night. Chaplain came up from Baton Rouge with mail today. Quartermaster came up from Baton Rouge with new teams.
June 11. Many of the men are suffering badly from rheumatism, malaria and kindred ailments, acquired from lying in the rifle pits, which are much of the time half full of water. Nothing more has been said regarding an election of Lieutenant-Colonel, and there is much speculation among the officers and men as to the reason.
