May 17" (1863 
River R.R. bridge at 2 P.M. canonading 
ceased. The dead are being buried, and the 
wounded taken care of. Our Reg't had 36 men
 killed dead on the field, and we buried them
 all together in a row.
 May 18th The killed have been
 buried and the wounded taken to the hospital 
This afternoon I went to the secesh corral 
our men conversing with the prisoners in 
a friendly manner. If a person had chan
ced to pass by, and not known "Fed" from
"confed", would not have taken the parties 
to be anything but warm friends. I then 
went to the hospital. I saw doctors am
putating limbs - heaps of arms, hands 
and legs were to be seen all round. It was 
indeed an odd sight. Canonading in the 
direction of Vicksburg.
  Black River May 19th 
Our Div. left Champion Hill at 12 M. 
arrived here at 5 P.M. There has been fight
ing all along the road for 10 miles, the
 distance we traveled today. Every house
 along the road was a hospital, filled
 with rebel wounded. The rebel works 
around Vicksburg invested today by our army
