Bright and clear, warm and pleasant. How well do I remember two short years ago today when we took a sleigh ride and made a regular family v...

Struck out tents early this morning and marched to Colliersville, a distance of seven miles from Lafayette and twenty-four from Memphis. As ...

Quite pleasant during the day, but it rained heavily all night. SOURCE: Seth James Wells,  The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Seth ...

We had inspection at 1 o'clock. Col. Norton's tent burned today. SOURCE: Seth James Wells,  The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary...

I am on guard at the depot today. SOURCE: Seth James Wells,  The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Seth J. Wells, Including Weeks of P...

Orders are very strict. If caught outside of the pickets the fine is ten dollars. We get up at 4 o'clock in the morning and stack our ar...

The regiment was formed at 4 this morning. In the afternoon we received marching orders. Our division has been moving up all day. Logan'...

We were called up at half past three this morning and were on the road inside an hour, and by sunrise were four miles on the way. We arrived...

We moved into the navy yard this morning. Had seven men detailed for guard. I was one of them. We were put on camp, or chain guard. I don...

I came off guard this morning. It rained very hard all the latter part of the night. Another boat load of troops came down last night, makin...

About six inches of snow fell last night and it has snowed all day. The citizens say it is the heaviest storm they have seen in a number of ...

We packed up twice to change our camp today, but the order was countermanded each time. The arsenal is a very extensive building and the reb...

Toward night we received marching orders and started for Abbyville at dark. We heard that there was great excitement at Jackson, as an attac...

We arrived at the Tallahatchie Bottoms about noon. Bissell's engineer regiment is encamped here. It has just finished the railroad bridg...

Jesse Walker and I went out foraging and succeeded in capturing a shoat. The nigs were left very destitute and there will be a great deal of...

The news came in this morning that Holly Springs was entered at daylight and captured. The Rebels took over two hundred thousand dollars and...

The long roll was beaten at 3 o'clock this morning. The company was formed and we marched down to our cotton fort where we lay until day...

On guard in Frank's place, he has gone foraging ten miles below. More troops passed on their way back. SOURCE: Seth James Wells,  The ...

Gen. Grant passed through here this morning on the train. The division of Denver's, (ex-governor of Kansas, for whom Denver City was nam...

On picket guard today. Got my boots half soled. Gen. McPherson passed through here, and Logan's division is coming up and passing throug...