We were paid off this morning, after which there was a general settling up of accounts. I drew $41.00; $25.00 advance bounty, one month'...

I was on guard supernumerary in the daytime and stood beyond Wolf Creek at night. instructions to be ready at 6:30 o'clock in the      T...

We were up early and had our things packed at 8 o'clock, fell into ranks and marched down to the wharf and on board the "Superior,...

Cold, rainy and windy. We lay here all day coaling up, and suffered with the cold. Most of the boys kept warm by drinking whisky. Nearly all...

The boat shoved off at daylight and started down at 10 o'clock. We arrived at Helena, a small town, where we stopped about three hours, ...

We started at sunrise as on the preceding morning. The wind blew quite strong, making it difficult for some of the smaller boats to keep up....

Rained all day; slept in the boat last night. SOURCE: Seth James Wells,  The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Seth J. Wells, Includin...

The regiment was formed early this morning and we moved back out of the levee into camp. The river is rising, it is on a level with our camp...

Warm and rainy. More boats went down last night, one war boat and several transports. We heard heavy firing this morning, supposed to be the...

Bill Boggs and myself secured a pass this morning early and started down to the canal. We followed the river bank until we were about one mi...

This is a beautiful day. I am quite stiff and sore from the effects of my walk. There was a detail from the sixth division this morning, mou...

I was detailed on fatigue this morning. The detail from our regiment worked on the big break in the levee. We did a good day's work, and...

The first news that greeted us this morning was marching orders. After breakfast we drew four days' rations, two of them cooked, put the...

Davis Mills. We had a general inspection by U. S. Grant and General Quinby of the 3rd Division. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones,  An Artillerym...

La Grange, Tenn. Awoke to hear the rain pattering briskly on the Sibley [tent] above me. We were called out, and with expectations to march,...

Moscow, Tenn. Up at 4 A. M., cooked our breakfast and again on the road by 6 o'clock, and after a four hours' march through a broken...

Moscow. To-day, ordered to pack our knapsacks, mark them preparatory to turning them over, and take them to be stored until we were to be pe...

Moscow. Mail arrived to-day. Received two letters; weather rather cold. Went foraging in the morning; returned with fresh pork, beans, corn ...

Moscow. Weather cold and frosty. 2 Р. М. bugle sounded the assembly, "Fall in", when we were given orders to prepare to march imme...

Moscow. Griffith Thomas, E. W. Evans and myself went to the spring in woods, washed our clothes and returned by one o'clock. Weather war...

Moscow. Laid in tent all day. Mail arrived in the afternoon. Received two very welcome letters from home and Thomas L. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloy...

Moscow. I felt rather unwell, having had a lusty old shake with the ague. In the night went to the doctor, had four pills and an excuse from...

Moscow. Orders were sent to Captain to have two best non-commissioned officers to report at Colonel Powell's headquarters by 8 A. M. Ser...

Moscow. Cold and chilly. Troubled with diarrhea; felt rather bad. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones,  An Artilleryman's Diary , p. 14

Moscow. Our boys returned in the afternoon having been out to Collierville, eighteen miles distant, burned a bridge, came upon a party of re...

Moscow. Awoke before daylight with orders       Started to prepare to march. All was ready by 6:30 A. M. at about 7:30, fell in rear of the ...

Holly Springs, Miss. The bugle's notes awoke me in the same position as that I fell asleep in three hours before. Prepared for march and...

Lumpkin's Mill, Miss. This was a dark and sultry morning, and about 8 A. M. while sitting upon the ground, I felt the earth shake a kind...

There is a rumor here to-day that our troops are in possession of both Savannah and Pensacola. I do not believe it. What do our leaders me...

The story of yesterday's fight is all  bosh . There were no two hundred prisoners taken—no fifteen killed—no fight—not a rebel seen! Mun...

It is now six days since I resumed the charge of the hygiene of the camp. My first work was to have my tent struck and removed from the grou...

Have received to-day a box of delicacies from the good people of Middletown, Connecticut, for my hospital. It is a great comfort to us to fe...

Eight days ago to-day, the sick list was 144. Today it is 72! I begin to think that a Surgeon may be as indispensable to an army as a Colone...

I have just received a letter from a lady friend of mine aye, and of the soldiers, too, in which she says she "cannot but think of the ...

This is the anniversary of my advent to this noisy, scheming world of vanity and trouble. What wonderful changes have taken place on this co...

I am disappointed to-night, and feel sadly. I had almost no letters from home lately. None yesterday, to-day none. To-morrow I hope I shall ...

To-day I have received the expected letter; but it relieves no part of my sadness. My dear child at home is no better. I may never meet her ...

Did ever husband and father need the comforting aid of the help-meets of home as I need them this evening? See my table. Six  full  foolscap...

WASHINGTON, March 27, 1852. C. PIERCE, Esq. DEAR SIR,— . . . I found I was doing no good here, and that it seemed impossible for me to e...

WASHINGTON, April 24, 1852. DR. JARVIS. DEAR SIR,— I have just received your favor of the 19th instant, and the accompanying volumes; fo...

WASHINGTON, May 8, 1852. MY DEAR MR. COMBE,— We are on the verge of a Presidential election. Our political caldron is beginning to seethe ve...

Crab Orchard, Ky.       Again has the note of preparation sounded in our camp, and all hands are busy getting ready for another campaign. In...

London, Ky.       We broke camp last Thursday morning, the tenth of September, bound for Cumberland Gap, ninety miles distant. The first day...

We were aroused this morning at 3 o'clock and ordered to be ready to march at 5 o'clock. In a very few minutes hundreds of fires wer...

We marched fifteen miles to Barboursville and encamped on the banks of the Cumberland River. Many of the men fell out by the way and came st...

I was so completely exhausted yesterday I did not expect to be able to march at all today, but, thanks to my recuperative powers, I arose th...

Cumberland Gap.       We are now in East Tennessee, one mile south of the famous Gap in the Cumberland Mountains. When we left Crab Orchar...

Knoxville, Tenn.       We left the Gap on the twenty-first and made twenty miles, climbing up one side of a mountain two or three miles, the...

The Fair Ground, on which we are encamped, is simply a clearing in the wood, without buildings, fence or shade. But it is a pleasant place, ...

Knoxville, Tenn.       We   are again under marching orders. It is rumored we go to Rosecrans' support tomorrow morning. Our boys are qu...

It was rumored this morning that we march tomorrow at 5 a. m. Little attention was paid to this, however, and the men were enjoying themselv...

You are right in regarding both the old parties as substantially alike. I do not think that one who looks at principles and seeks to serve h...

If you are conscious that you can speak an effective word for Kossuth's Hungarian career, I should regret not to have it done, though I ...

I longed to see you. When you called I was at Eames's, discoursing on Baltimore and its scenes. This nomination 1 makes me lament anew ...

We hear that Scott is nominated at last. I tell you confidentially how Seward regards it. He thinks that his friends have been defeated, tha...

We remained in position all night, and a more uncomfortable night I never spent; 'twas almost a matter of impossibility to sleep, but na...

We moved back a mile or so to the rear, and as we considered this a safe place our horses were "unhitched, unharnessed," etc., for...

There was no fighting anywhere near us yesterday, though the occasional boom of a heavy gun reached us, and it is now pretty certain that th...

To-day we have been ordered back to the old camp of the First Virginia Artillery, and a lovely spot it is. In front of us is an open field, ...

One year ago to-day the lamented Dreux fell at the head of his battalion. He was the first officer of high rank that fell on our side. Alas!...

Having a day's leave granted me I saddled my horse and wended my way towards the devastated fields of old Hanover; passed through Mechan...

Raining very hard all day; 'tis extremely dull in camp. As is the weather so is the spirit; the sombre clouds of a gloomy day often cast...