24 May 1862

May, Saturday, 24th 1862 Pleasant the later part of the day. The morning cloudy and rainy. E.I.R.B. Ezk 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 chapts. Heavy skirmishing took place on the picket line this morning. Gen. Halleck has ordered an observatory put up and we have taken the top off a tree and fixed to splice it so that we can look over the woods into Corinth. The order was given this eve to load our guns and be ready, for the rebels were advancing toward us. We are all ready to receive them if they come, and welcome them to their destruction.