BROTHERS IN COMPANY E. Twelve families are represented in Company E by two brothers each, and one by three brothers. John W. and Samuel...

Reveille sounded at 1 a. m. for the Iowa Brigade, and at 2 o'clock we started for the city, marching down to the wharf for the purpose ...

Reveille sounded shortly after midnight and we had our knapsacks packed long before daylight. Some of the boys were so happy and excited th...

The Seventeenth Army Corps remained all day on the south bank of the Congaree river, near the Saluda cotton mills, while the Fifteenth Corp...

Our brigade was inspected at 1 p. m. today by the brigade commander. There is very little sickness among the men in spite of the fact that ...

Our army commenced to move at 7 this morning and by 10 o'clock the last detachment had crossed Broad river. We moved on about ten miles...

The order for the Iowa Brigade to move was countermanded this morning, and we remained in camp all day. The weather has been pleasant and i...

Rain last night. The First and Third Divisions and the First Brigade of the Fourth Division destroyed the railroad this forenoon for a dist...

We lay in camp all day. The rebels are still in our front, and there is some cannonading off on our left where the Fourteenth and Twentieth...

We arrived in Atlanta about 9 o'clock last night. I stayed over night at the Soldiers' Home, in one of the vacant store buildings. ...

The same old thing over again. Nothing new from the front. 1 The sick and also the attendants here in the hospital were mustered for pay t...

It is quite warm. Nothing of importance. 1 The number of men in the hospitals is decreasing rapidly, for so many are going home on furloug...

Cloudy and warm — threatened rain. No news. 1 I wrote two letters today, one to Lewis Elseffer and one to Mrs. Mary Ham, Iowa City, Iowa. ...

We had a refreshing rain last night. Governor Stone of Iowa arrived at the hospital this morning, having come from the front, with an order...

The same thing over and over, again and again. 1 All the available rooms in town have now been turned into hospital wards. We have single,...

Our brigade was moved out to the left of the Fourth Division during the night, and General Logan's Division occupied our former positio...

All the men of the Iowa Brigade who did not re-enlist have been formed into a battalion until the veterans return. Major Pomutz of the Fif...

The Iowa Brigade turned over their tents and camp equippage to the general quartermaster, preparatory to going up the river. General Grant ...

The weather is nice and warm today, as it has been for several weeks. A part of General Tuttle's Division arrived in camp from some poi...

Pleasant weather again after several days of cold. Our brigade now provides the provost guard for the city, which takes each regiment down ...