May 14 — We were in position in front of the enemy’s works all day, until late this evening, when we fell back just a little distance to the rear of our position and bivouacked. There was some sharpshooting along the lines during the day, and some artillery firing. I think that General Grant has arrived at the place where he does not exactly know what to do, nor how to do it. The stubborn and unyielding wall of bayonets of the strategical and ubiquitous Lee is forever interfering with, and very seriously interrupting, every step of the blue host’s onward march to Richmond.
Thunder-showers this evening.
