Last night Savannah was evacuated—her power yielded. The grand army is tramping now. Soon Sherman's terrible battle-flag will be flying ...

A clear, cold, fine winter day. Began to move into a house; changed back. Visited Mr. Joseph Jolliffe, the only man who voted for Lincoln in...

A dull, foggy day; snow thawing rapidly. Savannah captured by Sherman on the 21st, Hardee making a hasty retreat across the river to South C...

Have intelligence this evening of the capture of Savannah. Hardee fled with his forces. The Rebellion is drawing to a close. These operati...

 Received a letter from Osborn denying that he furnished information concerning operations against Fort Fisher. At the same time Mr. Faxon t...

Green Square, Savannah, Camp 103d Illinois "Provost Guards."  December 22, 1864.  We have just by a hair's breadth missed what...

News of the fall of Savannah. Monthly inspection. Detailed for picket. SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney,  War Diary Of Luman Harris Te...

Orders regarding success of Sherman and Thomas, read to us near Mt. Jackson. Camped 8 miles south of Newmarket. Rained. SOURCE: France...

Everybody in the 2nd Ohio is familiar with the name and services of Prof. Peck, of Oberlin, the man who has always done so much for the Ohi...

Received official information from General Sherman this morning that he had taken Savannah, Ga. with thirty-three thousand bales of cotton,...

Moved at 8 o'clock a. m.; weather freezing cold; only seven teams at work with us; regiment excused from brigade dress parade this even...

Very cold, but more comfortable than yesterday; commenced putting up my cabin this morning; not quite up to-night; regimental dress parade ...

Near Savannah, Ga., December 24, 1864. Our campaign has been successfully ended, and we are again in camp preparing for a few weeks&#...

The last artillery firing this morning was that of a thunderstorm. It seems that kind Providence wanted a hand in the capture of the city. ...

26th. – Detained at Clarkesville by the unwarrantable interference of the officer in charge of the gunboat fleet who deemed it necessary to...

TWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY. Milo Smith was born in the State of Vermont, about the year 1819. At the time of entering the service he was a reside...

SECOND COLONEL, SEVENTH INFANTRY. Elliott W. Rice, a younger brother of the late General Samuel A. Rice, who died in the summer of 1864, of ...

From Atlanta to the Atlantic From the Hawk-Eye HOW SHERMAN MARCHED The scouts report that throughout the march the army moved in four column...

WAR BULLETIN WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Dec. 25, 7 p.m. – To Major General Dix: - A despatch [sic] has been received this evening by the Pr...