News comes to us that Sheridan is coming to join us and that he has destroyed large amounts of stores for the enemy in Lynchburg and that Stoneman has taken Danville. Slackers are ordered to leave the army at once and all persons who won't want to fight are instructed to clear the track. The sky looks dark and threatening and the wind blows with awful fury from the south. The Secretary of war goes to Meade's Hd. The wind blows a perfect gale and fears are entertained that our tents will have to give way to the intensity of the wind.
Rain falls during the night in abundance.
Quarters for a ride mostly but partly to accompany Adjutant Davis on a shopping excursion. Qrs of the 3rd Divis. There we alight and call on the Provost Marshal of the division Captain Morgan. Pass a very pleasant day and return to camp pretty well tired out for it is the longest ride I have had for a long time. Firing on the right of the line before Petersburg is heavy and continuous night and day.