March 28, Evening. Not yet off. Have worked enough for one day in getting our sick and wounded on the John Adams. Another steamer has arri...

March 31. Our men are coming aboard again and we shall start for Fernandina this afternoon. Sending the men ashore was a great hit. Nearly...

Camp near Moss Neck, Va.,           May 9, 1863. On Saturday morning (the 2d inst.) I received an order to ship the wounded to Richmond, s...

Captain Bledsoe's Company passed Mr. West's with thirty prisoners. They also took the three that we had been guarding since the 5th....

January 18, Sunday evening. Such a transparent day and cool north winds make even South Carolina endurable, while it lasts, I mean. Whe...

No. 175. Report of Col. Jonathan B. Moore, Thirty-third Wisconsin Infantry, commanding Third Division, of operations December 15-16 a...

No. 166. Report of Lieut. Col. Gustavus A. Eberhart, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry, of operations December 15-16, 1864. HEADQUARTER...

No. 150. Report of Maj. Modesta J. Green, Eleventh Missouri Infantry, of operations December 15-16, 1864. HDQRS. ELEVENTH MISSO...

We lament the fall of Ewell — not killed, but his leg has been amputated. The enemy themselves report the loss, in killed and wounded, of e...

Our wounded are now coming in fast, under the direction of the Ambulance Committee. I give passports to no one not having legitimate busine...

Very much interested lately in the hospitals; not only in our own, “the Robertson hospital,” but in Mr. –––’s, the officers’ hospital.” ...

Just heard from W. and S. H. Both places in ruins, except the dwelling-houses. Large portions of the Federal army were on them for eight da...

A melancholy pause in my diary. After returning from church on the night of the 13th, a telegram was handed me from Professor Minor, of the...

On Friday last there was a severe fight on the Rapidan, at Germanna Ford. The enemy were splendidly repulsed; but my dear Raleigh T. Colsto...

We were aroused this morning before daylight, by reports that the Yankees were making a raid, and were very near this place. We all dressed...

I have just heard that my dear nephew, Will’by N., was wounded at Chancellorsville, and that his left leg has been amputated. He is at Mr....

Baltimore , Sunday Morning, May 11. I fear daily lest your kind disposition shall cause you to take too much trouble in my behalf. I kn...

Baltimore , May 8, 1862. Thursday. When this note may reach you, or where, I have no idea, but I will “draw a bow at a venture,” know...

Before Yorktown, Va ., April 25, 1862. C. L. Bartlett, Esq.: — My dear Sir, — Yesterday morning the Twentieth Regiment was detaile...

General Jackson is performing prodigies of valor in the Valley; he has met the forces of Fremont and Shields, and whipped them in detail. T...