Fair Oaks. The enemy lost nearly four hundred men in yesterday's engagement. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Re...

Heavy engagement near Old Church, lasting all day. Heintzleman's corps engaged. Our loss, one thousand men. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt...

Had bad cold & did not rest any too well last night did not get up until called to breakfast. sky has the appearance of rain. I go to th...

Revelie late, the Genl had blown in the 50th Ind & 7th Vermont before our revelie. Our Brigade gets up before our breakfast is over this...

Fatigue party goes out at 5. a. m. to unload boats. spend A. M. going to the Commissary for grub, and writing. P. M. go with Lt Loughridge t...

The whole command stood to arms from revelie until daybreak.      troops in the rifle pits too.       at 9.15 the column moves out at 10. we...

Returned from Milton battle-ground, Col. Hall having whipped the enemy before we reached him or his forces, and leaving many of the rebels w...

A day long to be remembered by those who participated in the events I now write about. We all knew we were to assault the rebel works, and t...

To-night, half an hour ago, received a dispatch from the top of Cheat, which reads as follows: All back. Made a very interesting reconnois...

Between daylight and sunup about twelve hundred Federal cavalry surrounded Booneville, a. small village station on the Mobile and Ohio Railr...

Revillie early, at 8. A. M. went on board the Ben Stickney, 50th on board Peytonia, both large boats were fired on above Helena. Peytonia ha...

No. 5. Report of Col. Napoleon B. Buford, Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry. HDQRS. TWENTY-SEVENTH REG'T ILL. VOLS.,           Cairo, N...

After a day or two of great anxiety we have today rc d  ample confirmation of the reports in reference to the great Victory at Fort Donoldso...

we still went on and about 3 oclock in the eavning we come up with the main body of the Yankees (at Cold Harbor) and attacked them And from ...

Another hard night; one of a few very cold and disagreeable ones. We left the ranks early for rails, and after carrying them two or three mi...

HEADQUARTERS,           March 9 , 1865 . General Bragg reports that he attacked the enemy yesterday four miles in front of Kinston and dr...

Part of the truth relating to the story of yesterday's fight has come to light. The fact is, these "great fights," "great...

We started early this morning by the northerly road; we "fell in "regularly enough, but it was not long before we took the "r...

Saw Darnell, of my company, to-day. He was just from the front. He brings us very bad news. Our General Daniels was killed, which is certain...

We laid on the battlefield of the first day, this the fourth day of July. No fighting to-day, but we are burying the dead. They have been ly...