LOUISVILLE, Oct. 10, P. M. Yesterday [morning] Buell attacked Bragg’s forces at Chaplin [Creek in] the immediate vicinity of Perrysville. A ...

A dark, cold, rainy morning. Marching before daylight in pitchy darkness. ( Mem. : — Night marches should only be made in extremest cases; ...

Camp Ewing, Mountain Cove, Six Miles Above Gauley Bridge , Wednesday, October 9, 1861. Dearest : — Captain Zimmerman and I have just ...

Gauley River, 8 Miles South Of Summersville, September 11, 1861. Dear Lucy : — Well, darling, we have had our first battle, and the e...

Marched seventeen miles, drove enemies' pickets out of Summersville, followed nine miles to Gauley river. Enemy entrenched on a hill,...

Sutton, Or Suttonville, Virginia , September 5, 1861. DEAREST: — We are in another camp of fine views. This is the last stronghold of o...

Weston, Virginia , August 15, 1861. Thursday Morning. Dearest L—: — We had four days of rain ending yesterday morning — such rain as...

Showery all day. Sent to Clarksburg H. T. Martin. He will probably be sent to Columbus for safe keeping. I gave him a letter to my brother-...

Another warm, bright day. Orders from General Rosecrans direct Colonel Lytle to go with his regiment to Sutton and put this place in comman...

Weston, Virginia , Tuesday Morning, July 30, 1861. Dear Uncle : — If you look on the map you can find this town about twenty-five miles...

Organized at Camp Harrison near Cincinnati, Ohio, and mustered in May 7, 1861. Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 12, and duty there till Ju...

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 3, 1861. Left State for West Virginia June 24, and duty at Grafton, Clarksburg and Buckhannon till A...

Orders came for the detail of men to quit the work of repairing the levee and for our entire division immediately to embark on the transpo...

. . . who has arrived at Evansville, Ind., from Huntsville, Ala., states that Gen. Mitchell has granted passes to John Bell and Jere. Clemen...