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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.
All quiet today No Burning today
On the March. Left Dayton at 600 AM. The Wholl army Moved down as far as Newmarket & Mt. Jackson. We Camped On the Banks of Shenandoah