PLYMOUTH. Sunday, and another move at last. We left the barracks about seven o'clock this morning, marched through the town and aboard...

Passed Roanoke on our right, about eight o'clock this morning; sea smooth and weather pleasant. Had a good breakfast of dried beef and w...

Last night was a holiday time. We had dancing on the vessel, and "the band played." This morning was ushered in with a slight chan...

We are having an easy time so far, excepting for the cold weather. We have no guard or drill as yet; a part of the 27th M. V. do provost dut...

Had a ball in our old granary last night. Some who were to go on guard to-day turned in early, and all we know of it is, that those who went...

HAM FAT. Freedom of the town for to-day, and all over town we went; had a dug-out race, and about all who were in it got a ducking. Our pa...

Then Lieut. Newell told us to "go," and we went, as well as we could, for quarters. Arriving at the granary, and having left our  ...

We managed to get clear of the Roanoke river some time in the night, but ran aground in the Sound at noon, thinking we were opposite Roanoke...

We have had nothing of interest to-day, except a very pleasant sail up the river, once in a while shooting at ducks; but the officers soon s...

Drill, drill, all day, for a change. Our band has received the new pieces from Boston, and is now expected to shine. Among our many visitors...

Last night our neighbors "D" gave the affair of the season, the occasion being marred only by the lack of ladies, which was in par...

The rain is continuous: over a week now of steady weather, and nothing but inside drills, under Lieut. Newell, who is always trying, and gen...

As we proposed having a dance soon after "D," and there are such strong rumors of movements of troops floating about camp, we made...

Another spell of weather. It has rained constantly for two days, with no intermission. Some of the regiments have been moved. The 24th Mass....

To-day we were mustered for two months' pay, and of course we were happy till our ardor was cooled by our captain, who told us it might ...

We had a good time last evening; everything went off smoothly, the parts being well taken by boys from the different companies. The followin...

In writing up the events of January 1st, including the "Catastrophe," characters by the company, we did not think we were on the b...

We have had several cases of fever lately, occasioned, it is said, by malaria from the lower swamps in the neighborhood. We have one slough ...

We are having another kind of excitement to-day. Boxes are flooding the barracks; the "Express" and "Torpedo" having bro...

Another hard night; one of a few very cold and disagreeable ones. We left the ranks early for rails, and after carrying them two or three mi...