On the afternoon of October 23rd we left Columbus by boat on an expedition, destination unknown until we reached New Madrid, Missouri. The f...

HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, June 24, 1863. Colonel Bush, Second Illinois Cavalry, reports, "Our pickets report that the rebels...

FORT HENRY, February 9. Gen. GRANT has just returned, with his staff, from making an extensive reconnoissance.   He had with him Cols. ...

FORT HENRY, Tenn., February 9, 1862 Via. Cairo, the 11th. A force of the 2nd Illinois cavalry under Major Mudd, made a reconnoissance...

Provost Marshal's Office, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, near Tallahatchie, Miss., December 8, 1862. Still we tarry by th...

NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS ., June 4 , 1863 . Brig. Gen. NATHAN KIMBALL, Commanding Advance Forces: I have just received information tha...

U. S. SECOND DIVISION, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE BRIG. GEN. WM. H. L. WALLACE, (MORTALLY W’D.) COL. JAMES M. TUTTLE, 2D IOWA ...

CAIRO, April 1. – The rebel camp at Union City has fallen into our hands. Col. Buford with 1800 men, composed of the 27th Illinois, a d...

We struck our tents early this morning and at sunup marched down to the landing on the Missouri river, where under the quartermaster a larg...

CAMP PITTSBURG, TENNESSEE RIVER, March 26, 1862. I wrote you last on board the “War Eagle,” the transport which brought our regiment from S...

100 Confederates taken Prisoners Union City taken by the Federals CAIRO, April 1. The rebel camp at Union City has fallen into our hands....

Special to the Chicago Tribune. CAIRO, March 6. At 12 o’clock Wednesday last our pickets were driven in at Columbus, by rebel cavalry, num...

THE OFFICIAL LETTER. ILLINOIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, SPRINGFIELD, Jan., 23, 1862. Dear Sir:– I am instructed by the Committee on Milit...

Special to Chicago Journal FORT HENRY, Tenn., Feb. 9. A detachment of Cavalry, some 250 strong, hand an engagement to-day about seven miles ...

CAIRO, April 30. – Heavy firing from the flotilla was distinctly heard at Tiptonville during Sunday and Monday, but no particulars have yet ...

WASHINGTON, April 23 – The Bill reported from the Committee on Military Affairs, authorizes and requires the President to convene a board to...

Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in August 12, 1861. (Co. "M" mustered in December 30, 1861.) Moved to Fort Massac Aug...

{Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette} SAVANNAH, Tenn., March, 31. There has been some public complaint of the medical managemen...

SECOND COLONEL, THIRD INFANTRY. Aaron Brown was born in Mississippi, about the year 1822, and is the only native from that State who has hel...