Morning clear and pleasant—Drill in the forenoon Battalion Drill in the afternoon all the Regt. out also the Bloody 18th Col Lawler was up o...

All quiet. We had brigade drill this forenoon. Our brigade consists of the 7th Missouri, 8th, 63rd and 18th Illinois, commanded by Col. Stev...

Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, Jackson, Tenn., March 7, 1863. The rumors from Vicksburg in the Tribune of the 5th are enough to make on...

Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, Jackson, Tenn., January 12, 1863. Your letters are beginning to come through with more regularity and on...

Cape Girardeau , November 11, 1861. We have just arrived here after a week's absence from any sign of civilized life. Saturday the ...

Bird's Point , October 10, 1861. I have just finished a dinner of cider, cake, bread, butter, etc. We have just been paid off and o...

Up frm below the 18 Ill. 54. Ill. 22 O. SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,”  Annals of Iowa , 3rd Seri...

COL. A. M. HARE, one of the pioneers of this county, and a resident of the city of Muscatine, was born near Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1811,...

We had company drill twice today. We have a fine drill ground. Our water here is good, there being several springs a short distance to the ...

No. 10. Report of Col. Marcellus M. Crocker, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry. HDQRS. THIRTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA INFANTRY VOLS., Camp nea...

No. 6. Report of Col. Marcellus M. Crocker, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, commanding First Brigade. HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, FIRS...

No. 5. Report of Col. Abraham M. Hare, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, commanding First Brigade. HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, FIRST DIVIS...

Peter Morton of the 18 th Illinois, had the case of his watch, which he wore in his upper vest picket, immediately over his heart, torn awa...

3,000 Rebel Prisoners ask to be Armed and Enrolled in the Armies of the Union. Clarksville Evacuated. WHITE FLAGS FLYING AT NASHVILLE. TE...

FT. DONELSON, via CAIRO, Feb. 20. – The number of field pieces taken in the Union victory here is much larger than heretofore telegraphed.  ...

CAIRO, Feb 28, 1862. MR. EDITOR:– I presume the different members of your city relief committee now in this vicinity, have kept your reader...

FORT DONELSON, Tuesday night, VIA CAIRO, Feb. 20. The number of field pieces taken in the Union victory here, is much larger than heretofor...

CAIRO, Feb. 17. A dispatch from Gen. Grant says that the fort surrendered unconditionally on Sunday night. Our cavalry are in hot pursuit ...

A TERRIBLE BATTLE PROGRESSING. The Loss Sever on both Sides. Our men Fight like Tigers. THE REBELS HOIST THE BLACK FLAG. CUMBERLAND RIV...

The greatest portion of the barracks of the 18 th Illinois regiment was burned to the ground about noon to-day, and the building would have...