Immediately after breakfast packed up and went around to bid my friends goodbye. Felt sad as well as happy. God bless the friends at Benton...

St. Louis, Dec. 17 [18 or 19], 61 1 Dearest Ellen, I arrived here today at noon without interruption—saw Halleck at once and the copy...

Head-Quarters, Camp of Instruction, Benton Barracks, (near St. Louis, Mo.,) Jan. 4, 1862 Dear Brother, I am so sensible now to my...

About 8 o'clock started for Benton Barracks. One lady ran out with flag and said “Welcome home.” Learn that we are not to go to Texas. ...

Moved over the river in afternoon, found our barracks (Benton) occupied and unfit. Camped out in the fair grounds. Men occupied the amphith...

EDITOR HAWK-EYE. SIR, - I noticed in your issue of the 22d inst. an article in answer to a letter from a Mr. King of Kossuth relative to...

Additional Verses to an Old Song. BY REV. J. G. FORMAN. I. Blest banner of Freedom! Thy pinion Floats wide o’er the land an...

A very adroit bank robbery was recently effected in St. Louis by a young rogue belonging to the 3rd Missouri volunteers.   It was effected ...

Reveille sounded this morning at 2 o’clock. We jumped out of our bunks, packed our knapsacks, and got started for the railroad station by d...

The Eleventh Iowa received marching orders today, and we are to carry forty rounds of extra ammunition, besides our cartridge box of forty ...

Very warm and pleasant. There are soldiers drilling almost all the time. Our drill ground is level but well drained, so that even after a h...

No news of importance. There are troops from all of the western states here in camp and working together in harmony. Source: Alexander ...

It turned warm today and the snow is all gone. I was on guard for the first time here at the barracks. We have to walk the beats with our o...

We had our first general review today, including the infantry, cavalry and artillery. The parade ground was full of soldiers, most of them ...

We cleaned up today, preparing for our first inspection and review at Benton Barracks. I sent $10.00 home today, the surplus of my State pa...

New troops are arriving all the time, and there are something like forty thousand men in the barracks at present. This camp has the appear...

The first thing this morning was to finish drying our clothing, after which we cleaned up and burnished our guns. There are several thousa...

We started down the river again at daylight and reached St. Louis at 3 p. m. We landed and marched to Benton Barracks, where we were to be a...

HEADQUARTERS, CAMP OF INSTRUCTION, BENTON BARRACKS (near St. Louis, Mo.), Feb. 3,1862. Dear Brother: . . . . . . . . . . I a...

BENTON BARRACKS, St. Louis, March 27, 1862. EDITOR OF GAZETTE. – The 16 th regiment is now about ready for the war, excepting a little mor...