All quiet. Still on Provost Duty in the City. The big fight is begun in Virginia between Lee and Grant1. The enemy is advancing on Richmond from every direction. Terrific battle going on. Great excitement prevails, except amid the soldiers who look on the thing as a necessary consequence, and thank their stars they are not as yet participant, but we look for orders constantly to leave for the scene of action.
1 Battle of the Wilderness - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness