During the 47-day siege of Vicksburg, Federal gunboats and artillery kept a constant rain of shells falling into the city. Many citizens had caves dug into the hills and bluffs and moved their families into them in order to escape this deadly situation. This lady, whose husband is an officer in the Confederate Garrison, has left the city and made camp in the woods. Her husband has secured a tent, and whatever he could get, to make her as comfortable as possible.