Barrier writes that all are cheerful and all is well as they make their way through Maryland. He reports that the Second Battle of Bull Run (29-30 August 1862) was a great victory, and that the Confederate army also enjoyed a recent victory in Kentucky (at Richmond, 29-30 August). He reports good health for himself and his regiment and that a man named John Pharr (Cpl. John M. Pharr, Co. F) was killed.