Jerrolaman went out this afternoon and picked nearly a peck of blackberries. Berries of various kinds are very abundant. The fox-grape is al...

Rienzi.   Went through the usual routine of drill and camp life. Received my first mail since my arrival, consisting of two letters and a [M...

At about four o'clock this afternoon we met two of our gunboats near Napoleon, Mississippi, who told us they had just dislodged a Rebel ...

The centre section, commanded by Lieutenant Jeffrey Hassard, relieved the section of Battery B, on picket at Conrad's Ferry. Our detachm...

Called up at six this morning; rather stiff in our joints, but still able to have our beds made. We hear this morning that some one took a c...

This morning it is very cold, and a fierce north wind is blowing. The Seventh are aroused early, and having last night received marching ord...

This morning, Oh! how cold! howling winds and drifting snow. It is indeed a fair representation of the sunny south. Nothing unusual occurs t...

This morning, Rosecrans with his victorious army is soon in motion, thundering in the rear of the retreating and shattered foe. Early in the...

Last night was a doleful night as the soldiers laid in this wilderness by the Tennessee. All night long there was a chilling rain, and the ...

The fires are burning brightly in our camp this morning. All seem to have more genial looking faces than when on the steamboat. This evenin...

This is a beautiful still morning, though its stillness is occasionally interrupted by the heavy cannonading on the Cumberland. After hasti...

It is raining this morning; has been all night. There may be poetry in war, but there is no poetry in Camp Halleck (the name given to this c...