This hot morning finds us at Snicker's Gap. Everything
quiet. The enemy on one side of the river and we the other. Both armies where
we see one another. Later in the day batteries were put in position on both
sides, and occasionally open fire on one another. One shell from the enemy
seemed to go farther than any other, as I saw it explode in the ranks of the
6th Corps. Several were wounded. They were over a hill and supposed to be out
of range of the enemy. The batteries in position make us feel a little uneasy.
Don't know when a shell may come over our way, for we are in plain sight of the
enemy. Night coming on finds us at Snicker's Gap. Hope for a quiet night, a
good rest, and sleep.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 101-2
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