Changed our position to Young's Mill, a strong position nine miles from Newport News. Throwing up breastworks, reënforced by four piec...

We have now at this point eight pieces of artillery and three thousand men. Sent to Yorktown for eight days' rations and our tents. Th...

On the afternoon of October 23rd we left Columbus by boat on an expedition, destination unknown until we reached New Madrid, Missouri. The f...

No. 4. Report of Capt. Stephen Elliott, Jr., Beaufort (S. C.) Artillery. HDQRS. ARTY., THIRD M IL. DIST. OF S.C.,            April 14 , 1863...

HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE,           Columbia, Ky., January 7, 1862. General THOMAS: SIR: A rebel steamboat passed Burkesville yesterd...

Clear and cool; rained in the night. Gen. J. H. Morgan is dead,—surprised and killed in Tennessee,—and his staff captured. Gen. Hood tel...

Rained last night; clear to-day. We hear of great rejoicing in the United States over the fall of Atlanta, and this may be premature. Pres...

A little firing to-day. Went to the river to throw up breastworks. Worked all night. We put up one piece of cannon right on the river bank, ...

A FIELD DAY. We had been drilling and going through the motions of artillery firing every day for a month, and a few days ago it was thoug...

 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...

Early this morning the rebels planted a battery in the woods on the opposite side of the river, and sent shot and shell crashing into...

LOUISVILLE, February 7 , 1862 — 9 p.m. Major-General MCCLELLAN: I cannot, on reflection, think a change of my line would be advisab...

NASHVILLE, TENN. , December 2 , 1861 . Capt. E. D. BLAKE, Assistant Adjutant-General, First Div., West. Dept., Ky.: SIR: In obedie...

Reveille at 3 A.M., breakfast, wagons loaded, column formed. . . . The Tenth Brigade, infantry and artillery and train crossed Duck River ...

MILES ON ROAD FROM MICKEY'S TO CORINTH,      April 8 , 1862 — 7 . 30 a.m. [General BEAUREGARD:] MY DEAR GENERAL: Our condition...

July 6, 1864. I went down to our front this evening. Our advanced artillery is yet some 1,200 yards from the Rebels, but there is nothi...

[Copy] Confidential Office of Chief Engineer Ex Corps Hilton Head S.C. Dec. 30" 1861 Brig, Genl" T. W. Sherman Commandin...

I have had a long day's ride through the camps of the various regiments across the Potomac, and at this side of it, which the weather d...

May 18, 1864. Our division has had the advance to-day, but no infantry fighting. At noon we get into Adairsville and meet the 4th Army ...

Kingston, Cass County, Ga., May 19, 1864, 5 p. m. The artillery has been working all day, but have not heard how much of a fight. That ...