Last night about supper-time, ten of Company E under command of Acting-Corpl. Emerson, were sent to Gen. Wessels as headquarters guard, and ...

Have received to-day a box of delicacies from the good people of Middletown, Connecticut, for my hospital. It is a great comfort to us to fe...

To-day I have received the expected letter; but it relieves no part of my sadness. My dear child at home is no better. I may never meet her ...

Did ever husband and father need the comforting aid of the help-meets of home as I need them this evening? See my table. Six  full  foolscap...

PLYMOUTH. Sunday, and another move at last. We left the barracks about seven o'clock this morning, marched through the town and aboard...

Before daylight. We have been turned out, for some purpose, and are standing in line with our guns and accoutrements on. Later. Are back i...

CAMP MILLINGTON, BALTIMORE. From the time of our home-coming and the royal welcome given us by the 150th, I have only made notes which I wil...

We went to bed late last night, but had to get up at the regular time this morning. It was hard work after having had a holiday to strike in...

Engle, Riter and myself received boxes from New York to-day, but as Riter has gone to the other prison with the 400 we have made away with h...

Near Chaffin's Bluff, Va.,           July 6, 1864. I have not written to you for several days because I knew a letter could not go Sou...

Near Petersburg, Va.,           October 29, 1864. I suppose you have heard how we whipped the Yankees on both this side and the north side...

February 15, 1863.           (Sunday.) This is a very unpleasant day, but I am comfortable in my tent by the fire. The snow and cold do no...

Raining. The sudden booming of artillery, shelling our department boys, intrenching at Bottom's Bridge, was heard until bedtime. I hav...

There is nothing for me to write. To-day Wortheim and myself went to Petersburg to get a box that was sent from home, and while there we had...

Wortheim and myself went to Halfway Station, to get a box that was sent to us from home, but it did not come. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary o...

Spent the day in camp. Read Scott's “ Heart of Midlothian .” Much interested. Smith and I studied our lesson together. Capt. Barnitz in...

Camp Near Falmouth, Va. Dec. 31st, 1862. My dear Sister Lillie: I have just received your letter, and am much troubled to hear that...

Camp White , May 7, 1863. Dearest :— The boxes came safely. The flag will not be cut. The coat fits well. Straps exactly according to r...

Camp Near Falmouth, Va . December 7th, 1862. My dear Mother: We are still lying quietly in camp — no signs of a move yet, but gener...

Bird's Point , January 5, 1862. We received the box of provisions to-day in very good order considering the length of time they h...