All quiet. We had
brigade drill this forenoon. Our brigade consists of the 7th Missouri, 8th,
63rd and 18th Illinois, commanded by Col. Stevenson of the 7th Missouri. Our
regiment is the first of the fourth brigade, third division, of the right wing
of Gen. Grant's army. Gen. John A. Logan made a speech to the troops this
afternoon.
SOURCE: Seth James
Wells, The Siege of Vicksburg: From the
Diary of Seth J. Wells, Including Weeks of Preparation and of Occupation After
the Surrender, p. 13
