A great movement of troops over the river and from here over, has taken place. The Trains from the City going East have been stopped and no ...

Battery was inspected in the morning by Capt. Weed, and had a piece-drill in the afternoon. The Ninth Army Corps left the Army of the Potoma...

I find vast trouble in doing justice to the sick, in consequence of the unwarrantable interference of military officers in matters of which ...

Rienzi.   Went out as No. 6. Was a little unwell. Infantry preparing to move. Bad news from the Potomac. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones,  An A...

In camp at Warrenton. Gen. McClellan left the army to-day, and Gen. Burnside was his successor. He reviewed the troops before he left, and w...

We are under marching orders again—ready to move at a minute's notice. The Ninth Army Corps is detached from the Army of the Potomac and...

Bright, clear, and cold. It is said the government depot at Charlotte, N. C., has been burned (accidentally), consuming a large amount of ...

Franklin County, Pa.,           June 28, 1863. We are in Yankeedom this time, for certain, and a beautiful and magnificent country it is t...

Report of Maj. George F. McCabe, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. HDQRS. DETACHMENT 13TH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY,           March 10, 1864. L...

Slight rain in the morning. There is an ugly rumor on the streets to-day—disaster to Gen. Hood, and the fall of Atlanta. I cannot trace it...

Notice is given to-day of a grand parade of the armies of the Potomac, of the Tennessee, and Georgia, etc., etc., to take place on Tuesday a...

NEW CREEK, (WEST) VIRGINIA, April 8, 1865. DEAREST:— The glorious news is coming so fast that I hardly know how to think and feel about it. ...

CAMP HASTINGS, March 24, 1865. DEAR UNCLE: — Crook was all right with Grant, but Stanton was angry. Grant however rules matters where he r...

CAMP HASTINGS, April 3, 1865. DEAR COLONEL: — That sounds better, don't it? Your commission was sent three weeks ago, as I was told by...

Voices of the Army of the Potomac: Personal Reminiscences of Union Veterans By Vincent L. Burns Finalist, 2021 Army Historical Foundation Di...

Cloudy, but still hot and dry. From the clouds of dust seen rising between Petersburg and the James River, it is conjectured that Grant...

Clear; hot and dusty. The news of the falling back of Gen. Johnston on Atlanta, Ga., causes no uneasiness, for the destruction of Sherman...

Corinth now presents a more lively appearance—communications regular—mail prompt—papers circulated, and perused eagerly by the soldiers. All...

Clouds and sunshine; cooler. Nothing additional from the West. Several thousand Georgia mounted troops have arrived during the last 24 hou...

Bright and quite cold. There was skirmishing yesterday evening on the Chickahominy. The armies are confronting each other, but Grant is ...