General Wheaton, who was in command of the forces about the church, finally moved to the front, and as we were directly in the rear of his line and the Insurgents, as usual, overshot badly, we found ourselves in an uncomfortably hot corner.

Bullets rattled on the church roof like hail, and presently one passed through the opening through which Major Bourns, Colonel Potter, of the engineer corps, and I were sticking our heads.

Immediately thereafter we were observed by Dr.Sherman making record time on all fours along one of the framing timbers of the church toward its tower.

There we took up our station, and thereafter observed the fighting by peeping through windows partially closed with blocks of volcanic tuff.

We had a beautiful opportunity to see the artillery fire.