Yesterday we received orders to move this morning at daylight. We will join the right section of our battery, from which we have been separa...

Camped on the sobby ground, and were awakened this morning to find sleet, ice and snow for our pleasant companions. Last night was one of th...

Contrary to my expectations, we embarked at midnight on the steamer "William Allison," taking our guns and men, sending our horses...

Left Petersburg this morning for Suffolk. Was quite ill on the train, and when I reached Suffolk, had to take my bed. Heard to-day of the ac...

After breakfast I walked through the village of Suffolk; 'tis a pretty little place of some 2,000 inhabitants, and is the county seat of...

Have been confined to my bed for two days with chills and fever. The Suffolk people are very kind to our sick. SOURCE: William S. White,  ...

Our forces at this place amount to 7,000 effective men, with ten pieces of light artillery. We are in reinforcing distance of Norfolk, where...

All quiet along our lines, and we have come to the conclusion that the Yankees have postponed their attack upon this place. SOURCE: Willia...

Left Suffolk to-day, on recruiting service, for Richmond; will be absent about two weeks. SOURCE: William S. White,  A Diary of the War; o...

Returned to camp to-day; accomplished but little in Richmond, as most of the men had gone into service by reason of our militia being ordere...

Returned to Bethel Church where we remained until the 22d. SOURCE: William S. White,  A Diary of the War; or What I Saw of It , p. 107

Returned to Young's Mill. SOURCE: William S. White,  A Diary of the War; or What I Saw of It , p. 107

Having but a limited supply of underclothing with me at this camp, I doffed my garments and turned washerman for the nonce, intending to sea...

Our Captain, Robert C. Stanard, died to-day at Camp Deep Creek, of disease contracted in the army. He was a man of warm impulses and generou...

Our Third and Fourth Detachments are camped for the winter at Land's End, under the command of Lieutenant John M. West, and supported by...

During the latter part of February we were ordered with the Fourteenth Virginia Infantry to fall back to the left flank of Mulberry Island, ...

Changed our position to Young's Mill, a strong position nine miles from Newport News. Throwing up breastworks, reënforced by four piec...

We have now at this point eight pieces of artillery and three thousand men. Sent to Yorktown for eight days' rations and our tents. Th...

Quiet along the lines; some little "cursing" of Magruder in camp, for marching us so much in such rainy weather. SOURCE: William...

A portion of our infantry, with the First and Third detachments of my company, left to-day for Harwood's Mill. An expedition is spoken...