This morning at 5 o'clock Col. Russell's Mississippi
Regiment & one rifled cannon were sent to support
Gen. Lee. To day every one anticipated a battle
the armies being so near each other. Majors
Glass & Perry & Carr & myself obtained permission
to go to Big Sewell, 14 miles distant, where we
had the pleasure of viewing
Yankees camp, one mile distant from our
eminence. Gen. Lee considers his position strong
but not impregnable. He can at lest hold
the enemy in check there, till our reinforcements
arrive. To day Gen. Wise departed with his staff,
for Richmond in obedience to an order from
the President. This of course was a crushing
mortification to him to be compelled to leave
when in sight of the enemy. However I consider
it the greatest blessing bestowed upon us during
the war. Some dissatisfaction was created in
his brigade.
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