The expected assault did
not take place this morning --
usual amount of firing on
the lines and from the river
during the fore-noon -- heavier
firing in the latter part of
the day on our right,
and from the mortars, columbiads, parrott guns & sharpshooters
on the peninsula -- two un-
fortunate women killed.
Magnificent sun-set -- charming
view from "Sky-parlor Hill," com-
prehending considerable ex-
tent of the river and adjacent
country and affording a fine
prospect of the enemy's fire
from the peninsula and the
lower fleet, and our own
from the river batteries; -- all
this with the fleet of Yankee
transports at the "upper bend,"
combining to form a sight
very interesting -- if not
approaching the sublime.
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