FRIEND KEELER:—As I have a few spare moments I thought I would indite a few lines to you, letting you know that the central division of the...

CAMP NEVIS, Ky., December 4, 1861:—I have another opportunity of talking with my pen to you and to the readers of the JOURNAL.   As expecte...

Marched seventeen miles, drove enemies' pickets out of Summersville, followed nine miles to Gauley river. Enemy entrenched on a hill,...

Sutton, Or Suttonville, Virginia , September 5, 1861. DEAREST: — We are in another camp of fine views. This is the last stronghold of o...

Organized at Tiffin, Ohio, August and September, 1861. Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, September 10, 1861; thence to Louisville, Ky., Septemb...

HEADQUARTERS 16TH IOWA VOL. CAMP NEAR PITTSBURG LANDING, TENN., April 12, 1862. To the Ass’t Adjt. Gen., Army Tennessee: SIR. –...