May 26 — The enemy opened fire at daylight this morning. We moved over to the river below town just before daylight and took a position in the trenches. 9 o’clock land batteries have commenced shelling town again and a number of gunboats in sight. The prospects for our success and deliverance seems to darken every day. Oh! May the God of heaven aid and deliver us from this unhappy state is the constant prayer of the writer
