A beautiful, bright, pleasant morning. The men of the Tenth Brigade are putting their guns in order and brushing their uniforms for the pa...

3 a.m. —Less rain. General Nelson, that energetic and wide-awake officer, is at my headquarters, near a large tree, and issues his orders ...

No. 183. Report of Capt. John M. Benedict, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, of operations December 15-16, 1864. HEADQUARTERS EIGHTEENTH ...

Camp Tompkins , October 21, 1861. Monday morning before breakfast. Dearest : — Dr. Clendenin goes home this morning and I got up earl...

Warm, beautiful weather. A busy day, settling disputes between citizens and their quarrels. I held a sort of police court. Dr. Joe also dec...

Weston , August 1, 1861. Dearest: — Do you remember a year ago today we were riding on the Grand Trunk Railroad from Detroit by Sarnia ...

Columbus , Sunday morning, July 21, 1861. Dear Uncle : — I came in last evening to attend a little tea gathering at Mr. Andrews’; shall...

Colonel Rosecrans and Matthews, having gone to Cincinnati, and Colonel King to Dayton, I am left in command of camp, some twenty-five hundr...

Organized at Camps Chase and Jackson, Ohio, May 29, to June 17, 1861. Left State for West Virginia July 26, reaching Cheat Mountain Summit ...

NASHVILLE, MARCH 9. On the 5th inst. I witnessed for the first time a military execution.   The circumstances are these:   At Camp Wic...

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH IOWA INFANTRY, Lookout Mountain, November 25, 1863. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that, agreeably to your order, a...

NEAR MURFREESBORO, Dec. 31 – Our whole line suffered terribly this morning, four regiments of regulars lost half of their men and all their ...