Cold and wet. Throat and lungs sore, head and bones ache; I am nearly sick; got no rest. It grew warmer about 10 a. m. I lay down to get a l...

Clear and cool. To-day, heavy firing is heard on the south side of the river. It is believed a general engagement is in progress. It is ...

CITY POINT, VA , September 12 , 1864 .   Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi: I send Lieutena...

Up at daylight. Sent telegram home. Moved up the Appomattox, our Div. in advance. Captured 300 or 400 prisoners, 5 guns and many wagons. Hi...

Marched out, 32 reb colors behind Custer. Crossed S. S. R. R. at Rice's Depot. Passed through Prince Edward's C. H. and camped on a...

A beautiful day. Clear and warm and somewhat dusty. Crossed the Appomattox. Moved along the line to the Norfolk R. R. Seemed natural to hea...

Rations of forage and commissary. Marched about 8. Went by the 9th Corps. Maj. Seward, Meeks, Thede and I rode over to Wilcox's Div. an...

BOYDTON ROAD, NEAR PETERSBURG,           April 2 , 1865 — 4 . 40 . Col. T. S. BOWERS, City Point: We are now up, and have a con...

Have just returned from the heights. The City of Petersburg looks lovely at a distance, but our guns command it and can at any time lay it ...

We started at 7 a. m., and while passing through Petersburg by platoons, were reviewed by General Ord, in command at Petersburg. The Fiftee...

Amid all the turbulent scenes which surround us, our only grandchild has first seen the light, and the dear little fellow looks as quiet as...

April 7, 1865 The country about Deatonsville (a cluster of half-adozen brick farmhouses) is a great improvement, full of hills, not hig...

Headquarters Army Of Potomac Richmond and Burkeville R.R. 10 miles north of Burkeville April 6, 1865 We are pelting after Old Lee...

April 3, 1865 We began our day early, for, about light, I heard Duane say, outside my tent: “They have evacuated Petersburg.” Sure enou...

Headquarters Army or The Potomac , April 7,1865. Though late at night, I seize the time to send you a few lines. I don't know when ...

Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , April 1, 1865. We have been moving and fighting the last three days, and I have not gone to bed till...

August 24, 1864 What you say of Meade's want of success is, as a fact, true; but what I don't understand is, that the successes...

August 4, 1864 This was quite a festal day for us. The General, accompanied by the Frenchies, Rosencrantz, Bache, Biddle and myself, pa...

July 22, 1864 I had one of the most amusing excursions that I have had during the campaign — really quite a picnic. Colonel de Chanal, ...

HEADQUARTERS FIRST CORPS, February 25 , 1865 . General R. E. LEE, Commanding: GENERAL: I have just heard from General Ewell indir...