After a lapse of several days, I again resume my diary. I was taken sick on the 1st inst., and have been unable to note the incidents as the...

ON BOARD THE CONFEDERATE GUN BOAT DR. BEATTY,} February 19, 1863.} YESTERDAY the expedition for the "wiping out" of the Yankee G...

About one o'clock we met the balance of our fleet coming down, and our boat turned her prow down stream to act in concert with them. The...

12 o'clock p. m.—We came up with the enemy at half-past ten, and, after a spirited engagement of forty minutes, she surrendered to us un...

We took one hundred and five prisoners on board the Indianola, and a few are said to have gone down the river on a coal barge. The Beatty wa...

About 4 o'clock this afternoon we went up the river to bring down a company of artillery, and one of cavalry, to assist us in raising an...