In camps yet, with nothing to do and plenty to eat, and no fear of the enemy's pursuit. We had a military execution here yesterday, on t...

Cloudy and cool; rained all night. No news from the South, this morning. But there is an ugly rumor that Beauregard's men have deserted ...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES,           In the field, October 9, 1864. SIR: An attempt was made this morning by private Roucher, compan...

The report that the United States Government had appointed commissioners to meet ours is contradicted. On the contrary, it is believed that ...

Bright and frosty. As I supposed, the peace commissioners have returned from their fruitless errand. President Lincoln and Mr. Seward, it ap...

A snow four inches in depth on the ground, and snowing. Last night Governor Smith, President Davis, Senator Oldham (Texas), Rev. Mr. Duncan,...

Coldest morning of the winter. My exposure to the cold wind yesterday, when returning from the department, caused an attack of indigestion...

Gov. Sprague visited the camp. Private Benedict deserted. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Lig...

It is now between two and three months since our regiment went into camp. We have had nearly three hundred cases of measles, with about as m...

We have had no fight here yet, but from the indications it can't be deferred much longer. We have drawn one hundred rounds of ammunition...

It has been snowing, and is very cold. Some of the boys have formed a dramatic company, and I went to see them play "Toodles." The...

To-day we have another beautiful Sabbath. The boys are engaged in cleaning up guns for inspection, and as we are not in the immediate vicini...

Nothing of the least possible interest to any one has transpired since our confinement in quarantine. We draw our rations, cook, eat, sleep,...

HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS,           November 14 , 1864 . Lieut. Col. W. H. TAYLOR,           Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of Northe...

Bright and warm. It is said there is a movement of the enemy menacing our works on the north side of the river. There was shelling down th...

To-day there was a man shot for desertion. Eight balls passed through him. The way this is conducted is the brigade that he belongs to, or s...

Dark and dismal. The Governor continues his exemptions, now amounting to thousands. S. Basset French (State agent to buy and sell supplies...

Camp near Orange Court House, Va . , September 16, 1863. For two or three days we have been expecting another fight, and we had three days...

Camp near Orange Court House, Va., September 27, 1863. We had nine more military executions in our division yesterday—one man from Thomas...

Bright and frosty. From the United States papers we learn that a great victory is claimed over Gen. Early, with the capture of forty-three...