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...

I RECEIVE AN APPOINTMENT. The ward next me on the left is a colored one, and contains from 60 to 80 men, according to recruits and drafts....

July 12, 1864. We lay quietly in the shade all day the 11th, save those who had ambition enough to go fishing, berrying or swimming. Th...

Got up bright and early. Never slept better. Getting rested up. We talk continually. Both Bucks are great talkers, especially David. Cooked...

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...

West bank of Crow Creek, near Stevenson, May 2d, 1864. Only about seven miles from last night's camp, but will have to wait until...

[Companies] G and B marched to Loup Creek to take steamboat to Charleston; the rest to go soon. A sort of pike called here salmon, a...

Lucy, Birch, and Webb came up here on the 24th of January. We have had a jolly time together. We have rain and mud in abundance but we mana...

Cairo.   Writing letters is getting to be harder work than drilling, and is more dreaded by the boys. Lots of people are visiting the camp ...

Spend the forenoon writing. In the afternoon Lt Laughridge & self take a canoe & go a mile or two up a bayou to fish, catch no fish...

Still waiting for orders. Nothing new. Go fishing with Lt Loughridge, no fish. Camp talk is review in N. O. the 1st of June & home by 1...

Dept all A. M. P. M. Lt. L. & self go fishing, back after dark with a string enough for a mess for breakfast. 20th Wis transferring rec...

Camp Green Meadows, Mercer County, Virginia, July 17, 1862. Dear Uncle : — . . . I am not satisfied that so good men as two-thirds of...

Spend a pleasant day, have a skiff ride, boys fishing a great deal, plenty of eels in the creek, the train gone in with 3 wounded of the 91...

Beaufort, S. C . May 2d, 1862. My dear Mother: May has opened charmingly in Beaufort. The air is warm but not oppressive. We are luxu...

The troops were reviewed by General Reynolds. There were forty-three white Regiments, four colored, one dismounted cavalry, seven batteries...

At last venit summa dies et ineluctabile tempus. I had seen as much as might be of the best phase of the great institution — less than I co...

Camp Number 2, Price's Farm, four miles. — Rained in torrents all night. The windows of heaven were indeed opened. By midnight the stre...

Took a squad of 14 men and went on an expedition to the East end of the island, and a short description of it at this time, perhaps, will n...

Moved camp nearer the river on the edge of the woods on account of water. Issued rations to eight companies. Rather tired at night. Went fi...