Saturday [June] 13 [1863]

Unusually quiet during day.
In the night a heavy gun
that they have erected across
the river in front of the city,
and their guns on our ex-
treme left of land front
kept up a pretty continuous
fire. A sap on Genl Smith
has reached within 50 feet
of our work -- we tried hand
grenades against them, but
with ill success -- are now
counter mining and will
endeavor to blow up the
devils --

Capt Sanders with another
man, bringing 200,000 caps
arrived tonight from Genl
Johnston -- he has been nearly
two weeks en route -- had with
him 15 men, to carry the caps --
left 14 over in the swamp
between here and Yazoo river.
They had a severe time of it
coming through -- had to march
for great distance through im-
practicable swamp and drag
their canoe with them -- sub-
sisting as best they could on
berries and craw fisth -- S.
starts back tomorrow
night.