[November] 23d. [1862]

High wind, At eleven [I?] (ink blot) spread the Com.
Service on the
drums ^'in' front of Cols tent. Administered Sac. of Las. Supper
for first time to Regt. -- about (ink blot) partook. there are about
140 Coms. but one Co. was out on picket -- strengthening another
regt. Some on guard, Some sick but more shld. have been here,
but it was very cold in the wind -- Held a short service
in P.M. spoke on Isa. 4:6 covert fr. Storm -- and most interestg.
prayer meetg. at 7 -- in new hos. tent -- many present.
Visited & addressed patients in hos. prayed &c -- read Life Col. Gardiner
Dis. books to S. Schools Srgt. Gilmore started a class of 16
in his own impulse -- not a professor of religion -- either
"Where there is a will there is a way" -- As Col. says, so often.
Sick are improving.