Dayton Tuesday Oct 4th/64

It has been quite pleasant today. Nothing transpired of interest untill a bout 3 P.M. When Orders Came Stating that the town would be burnt in one hour & a half and all the Buildings with in five miles of where Lt. Meigs Chief Engineer was killed. The Screemes & Crying of the Feamales was awful. Every thing was all Exitement. The Surrounding Country was all illuminated But the Town was Spared for the present.