as early as usual. [David] Richie & [James] Darnell
were still in the hole when we went
out this morning. Dick gave them
some thing to eat. Sick call at 9.
They tore down the old tents that
we stayed in, And commenced
putting up better ones, they put
up 34 rows of tents and quit
At 2 P.M. they commenced to go
in. All in at 3. Then they issued
One days ration of Bread (48) and
(2) buckets of meat. At 4 P.M. drew
soup (2). After eating soup they
gave us tents and we soon
put them up. 9 tents to 100 Men
Cannonading very heavy
[?] All day. Richey & Darnell
were put in camp.
A double Federal offense on the 29th would have produced the cannonading Springer heard. Richmond's outer defenses north of the James were attacked and Fort Harrison captured in an operation directed personally by Ulysses Grant. At the same time troops under George G. Meade continued the encirclement of Petersburg to the west of the Weldon Railroad (where Springer had been captured) beginning the four day battle of Peeble's Farm.
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