June 17 — There was a right smart shooting during the last night. Firing as usual this morning. 6 o’clock p.m. — Co’s B and G now starts out on picket in front of the trenches. 7 o’clock — we have arrived at the picket post. The bullets cut pretty close to us here. Speed — speed the hour that we’ll deliver from this place. W.R.C.
Civil War Diary of William Raleigh Clack, defending Vicksburg.
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