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by one of our recruits today as the bullets were passing over our heads constantly and occasionally a shell from their batteries on our flank. He looked around with a unclear countenance and and relieved his mind as follows: "When I was in Minnesota, I could hear nothing but three hundred dollars bounty; but here I can hear nothing but bombs and bullets." We have had no casualties in our battalion yet today, but the 6th Corps just to our right is carrying men to the rear all the time.

Thursday June 21st Seventh day of siege As I am now opening on a new phase of my soldier experience I shall henceforth unclear word for word from my Diary then comment afterwards. "We were relieved from the trenches last night by a part of the 6th Corps and slept from 10pm until late this morning. We had just pitched our tents this morning when the order came to "pack up", and we were soon on the march. The weather is excessively hot and the dust intolerable. Our sufferings are such as no citizen would believe could be born. I have just made up my mind that one day of war is more to be deplored than a whole age of ordinary evils. Ever after