Clear and very windy. The fear of utter famine is now assuming form. Those who have the means are laying up stores for the day of siege,—I m...

Nothing of importance stirring—very hot and rather hard to get anything to eat unless one's pocket is well lined with Confederate money ...

I have allowed a huge gap to occur in this Diary, for which I can offer a poor excuse. I have been sick with head-ache for about three weeks...

 Bright and pleasant. The only news to-day was a dispatch from Gen. Hood, stating that the enemy had left Holly Springs, Miss., for the Mi...

Clear and warm, but the atmosphere is charged with the smoke and dust of contending armies. The sun shines but dimly. Custis was with us l...

ALL QUIET ON THE ROANOKE. The noise of the battle is over and we are longer harassed by war's dread alarms, but can now sit down, eat ...

It cleared away yesterday evening, and this morning, after the dispersion of a fog, the sun shone out in great glory, and the day was bright...

Moved this morning at four o'clock back again towards Vicksburg—rather an early start, unless some special business awaits us. A few sur...

Jocko's hut was not across the river as I supposed and wrote yesterday, but on the same side we were on. At about ten o'clock last ...

It is now said that Meade's army has not retired, and that two corps of it have not been sent to Rosecrans. Well, we shall know more so...

Whiteside, May 4, 1864. The day's march has been much more pleasant than any of us expected. Most of the dead mules have been burie...

To-day a Resolution came from the Senate asking information about War and Treasury Orders concerning exportation of arms to Mexico. I did n...

Soon as breakfast over finish loading com. stores. No of blls bread lost by breaking open at 2, P. M. turned in, land on the island of Braz...