On the morning of the 3rd when the rebels hung the flag of truce from their fort on the Jackson road, word soon passed along our whole line ...

A reconnoissance was made beyond Green river yesterday, and no enemy found. We are short of supplies; entirely out of sugar, coffee, and c...

Gave passes to all the boys who desired to leave camp. The Major, Adjutant and I had a right royal Christmas dinner and a pleasant time. A f...

The story of yesterday's fight is all  bosh . There were no two hundred prisoners taken—no fifteen killed—no fight—not a rebel seen! Mun...

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...

Reveille at four o'clock; started on our march after a "hearty cup of coffee." Struck inland and marched around Lake St. Josep...

Roads terribly dusty and weather hot. Marched quick time; water scarce, rations reduced, consisting of two pieces of hard tack and half rati...

Yesterday evening there were heavy clouds and a good deal of lightning in the North; after supper laid down on the deck and slept very comfo...

Christmas. I came off guard duty this morning. We drew half rations for four days and part of that was cornmeal. Our coffee is rye and in sm...

Haines Bluff, Miss.   We arrived at our old camp yesterday—twenty days from the time we left it—the toughest twenty days of our experience. ...

Haines Bluff. We did not leave on the 23d, as was rumored, but are still in our old camp, enjoying a short season of repose preparatory to o...

Orderly Holmes and myself have been on shore again. We went up the beach and found a soldiers' graveyard. We got breakfast at a darky hu...

I rested well last night but had the most hideous dreams all night; Mrs. Brownnigg came in early this morning and asked me into her room; I ...

This is the fourth day that Captain Cunard's company has been lying in the woods, three miles from camp, guarding an important road, alt...

GOLDSBORO. There was no time this morning to cook coffee, so we started on a cold-water breakfast, after another cold night, with little g...

After some trouble we managed to get to bed last night about eleven o'clock; but for a long time after that the mules kept us awake; per...

Relay House Station, on the Northern Central R. R. Just where that is I haven't yet found out. We stood up or laid down in the street fr...

After getting a little coffee and hard-tack, we started for our old camp at Potomac Creek. Arrived there at noon, and found the camp occupie...

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...

The battery left Muddy Branch, with the understanding to go into winter-quarters near Poolesville. We were told that we should have many d...