Siege of Vicksburg June 3rd (1863 
The rebels made several demonstrations on our lines last night but were promptly driven back to their "holes". Heavy firing all day, until 3 P.M. There was a terrible artillery engagement. Rebel guns all silenced and many dismounted. At least 400 pieces of artillery were being worked at one time, including both sides. 
June 4th The same old sounds of a wood chopping
 June 5" Our Reg't was in the rifle pits all day, had 2 men killed and 3 wounded. Fighting generally as usual. 
June 6" Weather cloudy fighting all day as usual. 
June 7" No change in the business. People in the North are getting impatient, because they think we can't take Vicksburg, and are fearful that Jo. Johnson will raise the siege, but we think differently. If we are content to fight from day to day till we get the rebels starved out, they should be content to wait about 4 weeks longer, and we will send them about 30,000 tame "Johnnies".  If the soldiers had no more confidence in our cause than
