20 May 1862

Tuesday, 20th Rainy in the morning, afterward pleasant. E.I.R.B. Jerm. from 42 to the close, 52. Sharp firing is going on among the pickets. Some heavy cannonading is going on toward the left and some musketry firing. Gens. Grant and Davis are reviewing the lines to day. This evening it rained again. Gen. Oglesby gave us liberty to take our tents up to the color line. I walked in co. with J. W. Cavill up the line of fortifications. They are extensive and well made.