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would give them untill six Oclock P.M. for an answer with fireing upon them. I have never heard so heavy a bombardment by mortar and Gun boats as last night, it was one continuous roar all night. Here of late our men are getting quite impertinent, they are continualy playing off their Yankee tricks, as the rebs call it. A day or two since the men in the front rifle pits, formed themselves in two ranks, the front rank taking dead aim on the tops of the forts, while the rear rank raised a shout and ordered forward double quick, the instant the rebs showed themselves to see what was, up, our men fired and droped down out of sight, letting a shower of balls pass over them