Col. Stevenson made a few remarks to us this morning after drill. He is good natured and jolly, and a fine speaker. He gave us great praise ...

Organized at St. Louis, Mo., June, 1861. Attached to Booneville, Mo., to September, 1861. Fremont's Army of the West to February, 1862. ...

Mortar from the river in front. “During the siege of Vicksburg,  sixteen thousand shells were thrown from the mortar gunboats, and nav...

We left Heff river and marched through to Bayou Mason, eighteen miles, and stopped for the night. While marching today some of us heard th...

A fellow citizen sends us for publication a couple of letters from the Jefferson (Pa.) Star written by a worthy citizens of the county in ...

ST. LOUIS. – Feb. 20. – Dispatches were received to-day to hurry repairs on the gun boat Lexington, and intimating that the evacuation of Co...