Left Small-pox camp and arrived at Liberty, driving out the rebel General Breckinridge and all his forces, causing them to flee in all direc...

We moved about two hundred yards and encamped on the bank of the Tombigbee. Our wagons were brought out to us, loaded with corn, provisions ...

FORT PIERCE, F., Oct. 11, 1841. My Dear Brother: *           *           *           *           *           *           *           *    ...

Moscow. Mail arrived to-day. Received two letters; weather rather cold. Went foraging in the morning; returned with fresh pork, beans, corn ...

Moscow. I felt rather unwell, having had a lusty old shake with the ague. In the night went to the doctor, had four pills and an excuse from...

Lumpkin's Mill, Miss. This was a dark and sultry morning, and about 8 A. M. while sitting upon the ground, I felt the earth shake a kind...

Started at five A.M.; marched through Buckeyetown, Md. We passed a great many fields of wheat and corn. The roads were muddy. Crossed the Mo...

I went over to my place south of Keosauqua to see to having some corn got home Spent the afternoon and evening pleasantly with our old neigh...

I got my Brotherinlaw Leeroy Meredith & we put in the day steadily halling corn from my river farm & Mr Legg was also delivering my ...

Members of the Agricultural Society and Citizens of Wisconsin : Agricultural Fairs are becoming an institution of the country; they are us...

On the cars between Meridian and Selma tried to get transportation at Jackson to Augusta, but the quartermaster declined to give it to me; t...

Warm and rainy this morning. We struck out tents, fell in about daylight and marched through to Holly Springs, where we saw the effects of t...

Forage by this time was very scarce, so much so that our quartermaster was not able to furnish half rations for our horses. By going to the ...

All start this morning for Camp, find the wagons close to Fairfield, the Regiment three miles further on. I was sent after corn over the hig...

At 2 o'clock on the morning of the 17th an order came for the pickets to fall back noiselessly to the trenches, which we did very quietl...

We marched seven miles this morning, and, while resting several hours, cleaned out a corn-field near by. Started again, and again halted to ...

Made three miles yesterday, and are now encamped in a thick forest with an abundance of good spring water at hand. We are washing clothing a...

Rienzi.   Spent the morning as usual in suspense of leaving, but finally the orders came to send all the baggage train to Clear Creek, a dis...

Rienzi.   The 3rd Section, Lieutenant Hood, went out in front and the first fell back to its old grounds. Foraging party brought in two load...

We had a great time to-day, having sent out this morning some six thousand troops, with about one hundred wagons, on a foraging expedition. ...