A gun-boat passed up by Eastport, going perhaps one mile and a half above, then turning, went back down the river without firing a gun. I, w...

Two gun-boats and two transports came up to Chickasaw and landed about one hundred and twenty cavalry and three regiments of infantry about ...

Our battalion moved about nine miles west and went into camps one-half mile south-west of Burnsville, still in Tishamingo County, on the Mem...

Forage by this time was very scarce, so much so that our quartermaster was not able to furnish half rations for our horses. By going to the ...

Six of Captain Allison's Company (J. W. Kennedy, H. L. W. Turney, Jim Thomas, W. E. Rich, Tom O'Conner and B. A. Hancock), whom we h...

Captain Harris and a part of his company were detached from our battalion and started to Tennessee with John Morgan's Squadron for the p...

It was reported that the Federals were at Sulphur Springs, some twelve or fifteen miles from Burnsville. The picket on that road was reenf...

McNairy sent a scout out in the direction of Sulphur Springs. On returning they reported no Federals there. SOURCE: Richard R. Hancock,  H...

On the above day and date commenced one of the great battles of the "War Between the States," generally known as the "Battle ...

Two gun-boats and three transports came up and landed some troops at Eastport and Chickasaw, after firing a few shots at the former place. T...

I and five others were on picket on the bank of the Tennessee at Chickasaw. About nine o'clock A. M. another gun-boat paid us a visit. S...

The battalion moved to a nice camping place in an old field, one mile west of luka, where it remained about eleven days. SOURCE: Richard R...

McNairy's Battalion drew five months' pay, from the 1st of August to December 31st, 1861. Each private drew twenty-four dollars per ...

Carroll's Brigade moved out by rail for Corinth. Five of Allison's Company who had been home rejoined their company. SOURCE: Richa...

Statham's Brigade (except McNairy's Battalion*) with their baggage left by rail for Corinth, Mississippi. The wagons belonging to ...

We found the Tennessee Valley to be a better farming country than some we had passed through. The road was also better. After a ride of twen...

The battalion moved on through and camped about seven miles beyond Tuscumbia. SOURCE: Richard R. Hancock,  Hancock's Diary: Or, A Hist...

After a ride of about thirty miles, crossing Big Bear Creek, the battalion went into camps near Iuka, in Tishamingo County, Mississippi, wit...

A little after dark seventy-five of the battalion went out to guard the railroad bridge which crossed Bear Creek about seven miles east of I...

Bear Creek empties into the Tennessee River eight miles north-east of Iuka. Chickasaw was a little village above, or on the east of Bear Cre...