June 11 — Very cloudy and damp this morning. It rained very hard last night and our things are nearly all wet — some sharp shooting going on today. We are liable to be struck with a ball any minute. We are in a position where they fall all around us and in our midst. J. L. Miller was struck with one today. The ball was well spent and didn’t enter his flesh. It is reported that Genl. Grant has called for 100,000 more men to reinforce him, Genl. Price has taken Helena and therefore cut off his supplies. It is said we have in Vicksburg 31,380 men with 30 or 40 days rations. W.R.C.
Civil War Diary of William Raleigh Clack, defending Vicksburg.
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