1862 May 22 Corinth, Miss

[from the diary of 2nd Lt. William Cox Holmes, a University of Virginia alumnus in Co. B, 1st Mississippi Battalion of Sharpshooters; unfortunately the diary was written in pencil and has smeared to illegibility on many pages]

Siege of Corinth Miss
 This day May 22 1862
9 O Clock A.M. Out at the
breast works near Corinth on
a supposed advance[?] upon the
enemy now waiting [remainder of line smeared]
[lined smeared]
great battle is expected the
enemy to be driven back &
their works to be charged . Think
that the whole[?]  will not come
off today  Hear no skirmishing
but guns firing at some
distance off in some direction
of the enemys lines, but I
dont suppose it is . Much
disappointed & dissatisfied at
what has taken place. Anxious
to be in the fight & have it over
with. Cant imagine what
we are to do, or what the
remainder of the army

MSS 38-462