Marched at daybreak. Cannonading going on in front of Yorktown. General McClellan passed the line amidst great cheering of the troops. Stron...

One o'clock A. M. Orders arrived to return immediately to Seneca Mills. The left section marched at once, arriving towards day-break. At...

A letter from Stephenson congratulating me on my election by twenty-four hundred majority. [In the] First District, Eggleston has seventeen ...

All day we lay behind our entrenchments; our works of defense seem impregnable. It is now quiet along our picket line. The rebels are drawin...

To Princeton sixteen miles. Very hot and dusty. Enemy left yesterday evening except a small camp guard. Camps and baggage of officers all l...

Gen. Lee has retired to the south side of the Rappahannock again, while Meade remains in the intrenchments at Centreville. Gen. Imboden occ...

Moved on to the 2nd Corps inside of the entrenchments. 6th Corps moved out too late yesterday to relieve us. Tore up several miles of the W...

Up early and moved at 4 A. M. 2nd Brigade in rear. Passed through Keysville at 5 A. M. Took a detail of 20 men away from column for horses ...

We were notified of the surrender of the Gap and 2500 prisoners and 12 pieces of artillery. Encouraged. Had been talk that we were to storm...

Cairo.   Hot! You don't know what that word means. I feel that I have always been ignorant of its true meaning till this week, but am p...

Great uneasiness and uncertainty prevail in regard to army movements. I think the War Department is really poorly advised of operations. I ...

After breakfast and taking care of our horses, we went to meet the command. A mile and a half out I waited for the rest to come. Got grapes...

Very warm and sultry until about 5 o'clock p. m. when quite a hard thunder-storm come up and cooled off the air; remained in our breast...

We were ready according to orders to march early this morning. General Burnside moved his Corps to the left of us during the night. We all ...

Routed out before daylight. Our brigade ordered outside the intrenchments to charge and drive the enemy out of the woods, also to burn a nu...

Last night, under cover of darkness, a detail was made, about twenty men, ordered to advance and intrench, to try and dislodge the enemy...

Early on the march. Passed through Charlestown. Pushing on, after a march of about six miles, came to a halt at Halltown. A line of battle ...

Charlottesville , May 9th. . . . Charlottesville is in a whirl of excitement and the ladies go in crowds to the depot to assist the wou...

A bright, pretty, cold winter morning; our eighth fine day!! Ground froze in the morning; dry and warm all day after sun got one-third up. ...

Gauley River, 8 Miles South Of Summersville, September 11, 1861. Dear Lucy : — Well, darling, we have had our first battle, and the e...