It was like the old story of "bagging Price" in Missouri.

Every part of the bag, except the top and one side, was carefully closed and closely watched.
Unmilitary men were skeptical, but the military heads assured them it was a piece of grand strategy, which the public must not be allowed to understand.
During the siege, there was very little for a journalist to record.
One day was much like another.

Occasionally there would be a collision with the enemy's pickets, or a short struggle for a certain position, usually ending in our possession of the disputed point.

The battle of Farmington, on the left of our line, was the only engagement worthy the name, and this was of comparatively short duration.

Twenty-four hours after it transpired we ceased to talk about it, and made only occasional reference to the event.