Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery — George Michael Neese.

May 19 — Both armies are still in line, growling and skirmishing. It seems that General Grant is afraid to strike when he knows that General Lee is watching him. This afternoon our battery started on a reconnoissance with General Rosser’s brigade of cavalry, to the right and rear of the Yankee line. When he drew toward the rear of the enemy’s works some of General Ewell’s forces that were on a little flanking excursion, and feeling around some dangerous point, struck up a severe little battle with some Yankee infantry that were looking for Rebels in the rear. For about an hour the musketry was very heavy; we fired only two shots in the fray merely to cool the ardor of the Yankee infantry and to acquaint them of the fact that we had something around there a little heavier than a common musket. The encounter occurred late this evening, and immediately after the fight we started back to camp, where we arrived at midnight.