72d Ill. detailed as rear guard. A large train of supplies and ammunition going out to the armies in advance. Roads terribly dusty and weath...

The regiment was formed at 4 this morning. In the afternoon we received marching orders. Our division has been moving up all day. Logan'...

Today two brigades of our division were reviewed by Adjutant General Thomas of the United States Army. Afterwards we were closed in "ma...

Forenoon we ware on Co drill afternoon on Brigade & battallion drill & Dress perade. Our Capt is poorly in his bed most of the day t...

THE emancipation of slaves is virtually inaugurated. Gen. Butler, once a hard pro-slavery Democrat, takes the lead. Tempora mutantur et nos ...

October 21. Yesterday some contrabands from the "main" reported that they overheard a rebel Colonel say that the Chaplain they h...

March 24. Tonight the Paul Jones has returned from Palatka, bringing a single contraband, and the intelligence that all the slaves have be...

March 27, 1863. This afternoon our eyes were gladdened by the sight of the Boston and Convoy steaming up the river, but when, instead of a...

March 17. We are fairly at work at our legitimate business. The John Adams brought down, last evening, thirty contrabands, ten horses, and...

Speech of Hon. Martin F. Conway, of Kansas, delivered in the House of Representatives, Thursday, December 12, 1861. Revised by the Author. ...