The regiment received its orders to go home for its thirty days' furlough January 9, 1864, those who had not re-enlisted remaining in c...

Atlanta, Ga. , October 26, 1864. Yesterday, Captain Crowninshield and Mr. Storrow arrived, after a long journey of thirty days. I think...

Atlanta, Ga. , October 16, 1864. On the 2d, Sherman started with most of the army in pursuit of Hood, leaving General Slocum with the T...

camp Bivouac, Near Strasburg , March 27, 1862. I must write you a line from our hillside-wooded bivouac this bright morning. On T...

Tullahoma, Tenn. , December 24, 1863. In my last letter, I spoke of having something important to write in a day or two; I referred to ...

Camp Near The Little Seneca , Saturday Night, 9 o'clock, P. M. He who predicts the morrow in this life has his labor for his pai...

Camp Near Conrad's Ferry , October 24, 1861, Thursday Morning. The violation of every rule and maxim of military law, the exactio...

Maryland Heights , September 21, 1862. To go back a little; last Sunday, we marched through Frederick, almost the last corps of McClell...

June 3, 1862. Last night, as we officers were sitting around our tents after supper, we suddenly heard a shout from the further side of...

May 29, 1862. I am going to start to give you a detailed account of what has transpired during the last week; whether I shall be interr...

Near Mt. Crawford , Sept. 30, 1864. We did leave Waynesboro' the other afternoon, and in a hurry, — what was left of Early's ar...

Camp South Of Strasburg , March 28, 1862. You must be expecting, by this time, to hear some account of what we have been up to for thes...

Tenallytown , July 11, 1864. There is no end of confusion out here, and very little known of the enemy. I took over our 1st squadron, w...

Camp Benton, Saturday Night, October 25, 1861. My Dear Mother , — . . . . I have not had time or heart to write you, who had such goo...