No. 19. Reports of Lieut. Col. Samuel N. Yeoman, Ninetieth Ohio Infantry, of operations December 15-30, 1864. HDQRS. NINETIETH REGIMENT OH...

Last night about supper-time, ten of Company E under command of Acting-Corpl. Emerson, were sent to Gen. Wessels as headquarters guard, and ...

The 28th Wis embark on the Belle ve Dere. Raining still. Our wagons loaded on Bell ve & detail sent arond with them, the Regt to go by c...

Drill two hours and dress parade. A document from Gov. Lubbock of Texas read, giving an account of presentation of flags of 4th and 5th Texa...

we got sum flages and put them up And Mr. I. H. Compton arrived at our camp today on a viset SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of...

The conflict is deepening; but thanks to God, there is no wavering, no division, now, at the North! All are united, as one man; and from a p...

The rain is continuous: over a week now of steady weather, and nothing but inside drills, under Lieut. Newell, who is always trying, and gen...

Hon. John Wentworth having notified me that his premium flag for the Sixth Ward is ready for presentation, the Republicans of the said Ward ...

I am unwell so that I did not drill it is the first day that I have not been with the Company 36 soldiers to dinner with us & 4 not sold...

10 Oc Miss Claudear Stratton & my Daughter presented our Comp with a Beautifull flag the Ladies of Centerville made for us. at 20 min pa...

11 Oc the Bellair Company of volunteers came to town we formed in line & saluted them I then assigned them their places for dinner which...

Sunday morning the regiment was ordered out on grand guard. Went up on hill some two miles from camp—heavy firing heard in the distance—McAr...

Still in Hudson. Was routed out twice last night, for no particular reason as far as I can discover, unless it was to make a miserable night...

This evening finds us at the base of Kenesaw. We are reminded that this name has gone to history, associated with deeds of valor; where Loga...

We have had several dress parades, in which we made a creditable appearance, considering the fact that no arms had been issued. On presentin...

$25.00 more to-day. How the money comes in! Many people were here to-day, some from our neighborhood. Between our camp duties and so much ...

We stopped at Natchez for nearly an hour, and in that short space of time nearly every officer and man got decently drunk. Some of our crew ...

Bright, but several inches of snow fell last night. The President wrote a long letter to the Secretary yesterday concerning the assignment...

Cloudy and calm. All quiet. It was a false alarm yesterday evening. Nothing but some of the enemy's cavalry scouts were seen from the ...

CAMP RUSSELL, ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH, VIRGINIA, November 30, 1864. MY DEAR SON: — I received a letter from your mother today in which she sa...