Went to see Walt. I had a first-rate visit. He is about well. I did little but answer questions about what has been going on since we parted...

Were waked up at daylight & most of the men had made coffee when the Regt. was ordered on board the Gulf Steamer. Genl Banks, Genl Grang...

Our battery moved to the river, close to Yorktown, ready to be shipped. General Franklin's corps is embarking already. We loaded ammunit...

Left Small-pox camp and arrived at Liberty, driving out the rebel General Breckinridge and all his forces, causing them to flee in all direc...

Crab Orchard, Ky.       Again has the note of preparation sounded in our camp, and all hands are busy getting ready for another campaign. In...

Cumberland Gap.       We are now in East Tennessee, one mile south of the famous Gap in the Cumberland Mountains. When we left Crab Orchar...

Received orders to move tomorrow. Our camp life at Smith's Plantation has been as pleasant as we could wish. Our time was spent in batal...

72d Ill. detailed as rear guard. A large train of supplies and ammunition going out to the armies in advance. Roads terribly dusty and weath...

Raining. Long trains of "supply" and "ammunition" wagons have been rolling past our dwelling all the morning, indicati...

Jerrolaman went out this afternoon and picked nearly a peck of blackberries. Berries of various kinds are very abundant. The fox-grape is al...

Sent to Headquarters to draw ammunition as A. O. S. Gen'l Wharton had a ball to-night. SOURCE: Ephraim Shelby Dodd,  Diary of Ephraim ...

Left Cowen’s Station and marched over the Cumberland Mountains to Cumberland Gap or Sweden Valley. Came upon a camp of General Adams’ rebel ...

About midnight, an officer of some sort rode into camp with some word that was the means of our being routed out by the "Long Roll,...

Memphis Tennessee, July 11th, 186[3]*, General Dodge: I have just arrived here from Headquarters and am on my way home with Master Fred, th...

 Bright and pleasant. A letter from Gen. Maury indicates now that Mobile is surely to be attacked. He says they may force a passage at Gra...

HUNTSVILLE, ALA., February 3, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Montgomery : MY DEAR SIR: There is at Pensacola an immense quantity of powder, shot...

Aiming at the Court House. I was relieved from guard at 9 A. M. and returned to camp. There has been very heavy firing all day, and it is ru...

Whitworth Projectile For a month we have been watching our enemy vigilantly, and a panorama, consisting of a great variety of war scenes, ha...

HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,                       Near Spotsylvania Court-House, May 11 , 1864 — 8 . 30 a.m. We have n...

Receiving supplies at Chickasaw Bayou for the army around Vicksburg. We stayed in camp again all day, and I improved the time strollin...