Monday May 16th 1864
It has been rather a still and quiet day. No exciting news has been circulated and it is understood that not much fighting has been done for the past two or three days. Lee is said to be now occupying a strong position south of Spotsylvania C. H. and I think is not so much weakened as we were hoping he was, his supplies cannot be cut off entirely or he would be compelled to retreat much farther than he probably has. Genl Butler is investing Fort Darling and fighting Beauregard. A great many troops have been sent to re-Inforce Grant. Thirty or forty thousand it is said. A Battery came today from Fairfax C.H., it is said in some haste. Do our military rulers here fear a “raid” by the Rebels? The Defenses have been greatly weakened by sending off the old Garrisons the past week.