We were awakened at 3 o'clock this morning to get ready to go, but remained until 4 p. m. During the day a train arrived with officers w...

A good work designed to remedy somewhat the unwholesomeness of the place, began today. A squad of men are furnished spades, hand barrows, wh...

JULY 1, 1863—3.35 p.m. General HANCOCK, or General HOWARD: I am moving the Twelfth Corps so as to come in about 1 mile to the right of G...

HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH CORPS,                     ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,           TULLAHOMA, TENN., January 2d, 1864. MY DEAR SIR: I presu...

HDQRS. TWELFTH CORPS, ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,           Tullahoma, Tenn., December 30, 1863. Maj. Gen. GEORGE G. MEADE,           Commandin...

Yesterday we made short marches, halting at every good shade to rest. The heat was very oppressive. At Clinton a brigade was sent to meet th...

Nephew of James Mercer Garnett (q. v.), and Robert Selden Garnett (q. v.); born in Virginia, in 1819; graduated from the United States Milit...

FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT BY COLONEL JAMES T. MOREHEAD. The duty assigned to me to write a sketch-not a history—of the Fifty-third North Caro...

Saw Mack Sample, Will Stone and several of our company to-day that have been prisoners since the battle of Gettysburg. We get two meals a da...

WASHINGTON, D. C., [July 1, 1866]. MY DEAR ONE:— We missed you so much at Gettysburg [June 28-30]. It was cool, fine weather. The company ...

Camp near Orange Court House, Va., August 2, 1863. In a recent letter I promised to write you more about our campaign in Pennsylvania. O...

Near Bunker Hill, Jefferson County, Va . ,           July 17, 1863. You will see by this letter that we have gotten back into “Old Virgini...

We left camp at 6 A.M., passed through Heidelsburg and Middleton. At the latter place we heard firing in the direction of Gettysburg. We wer...

Our division was in reserve until dark, but our regiment was supporting a battery all day. We lost several killed and wounded, although we h...

When under a very heavy fire, we were ordered on Culps Hill, to the support of Gen. A. Johnson. Here we stayed all day—no, here, I may say, ...

VICKSBURG, MISS., July 11, 1863.           Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Comdg. Expedition: DEAR GENERAL: Dispatches just received from Gen...

Hold at All Hazards: Bigelow's Battery at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 By David H. Jones Captain John Bigelow's efforts to sharpen up a ...

The Horse at Gettysburg: Prepared for the Day of Battle By Chris Bagley Horses are one of the many unsung heroes of the American Civil War. ...

The terrible battle of Gettysburg brings to Canandaigua sad news of our soldier boys of the 126th Regiment. Colonel Sherrill was instantly ...

Charlie Wheeler was buried with military honors from the Congregational church to-day. Two companies of the 54th New York State National Gua...