DUNLAP SPRINGS. We have built a snug log house and last night for the first and probably last time have slept in it; for our company has ord...

We got a buggy shed from the citizens, boarded it up tight, built a furnace in it, and were just putting on the finishing touches, (battenin...

We struck our tents and started for Grand Junction about 10 o'clock. The boys are in fine health and spirits. We marched about nine mile...

We marched about fifteen miles today and arrived at La Grange, three miles west of Grand Junction. It is dry and very dusty. Sometimes the d...

All quiet. We had brigade drill this forenoon. Our brigade consists of the 7th Missouri, 8th, 63rd and 18th Illinois, commanded by Col. Stev...

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 ...

Our brigade was reviewed by Generals McPherson and Logan this afternoon. Gen. McKean's brigade was reviewed today. SOURCE: Seth James ...

There was grand review this afternoon. Generals McPhesron, Grant and Logan were the review officers. The weather is fine but the nights are ...

On picket one mile southeast of LaGrange, the night was very cold. SOURCE: Seth James Wells, The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Set...

We received orders to pack up and be ready to move down town this morning, where we were to be quartered and remain as provost guard. We mar...

I was on guard in front of the Provost-marshall's office today. The troop began to move toward Holly Springs long before day light. Whil...

Same place, front of Twin Mountains, June 20, 1864, 11 a. m. Rebels still on the mountain, a good deal of our artillery, a little of ...

June 6, 1864. I will try and send you this to-day. Our postmaster never calls for letters, though we could send them if he would. I wil...

September 29th. Had just got asleep last night when it commenced raining. I dressed myself (that means put on my boots) gathered up my ...

Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, Jackson, Tenn., February 1, 1863. I'm on duty as “field officer of the day,” and have been temping a...

Camp at Lagrange, Tenn., November 15, 1862. We're having more of a rest here than we anticipated when we arrived. Suppose that the ...

Tuscumbia, Ala., August 3, 1862. In the last 15 days I have only written you once; partly because I have been so busy, more, because of...

July 19, 1862. I don't know whether I have any business sending such a document as I enclose, but guess its no difference. Two spie...

Near Corinth, Miss., May 19 ,1862. Our regiment now is acting as a kind of rear guard for Pope's division. The enemy's cavalry ...

Near Farmington, Miss., May 8, 1862. I've been within one and a half miles of Corinth to-day. Didn't see anything especially wo...