Here all day, and talking with our prisoners. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier , p. 50

In speaking distance of the Yankees. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier , p. 48

I spoke and exchanged papers with a Yankee of the 7th Ohio Regiment. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier , p. 48

Hospital near Hamilton's Crossing, Va . ,           June 12, 1863. Our corps is lying in line of battle in the trenches, and has been ...

 I REJOIN MY REGIMENT. About a week ago my brigade, Gen. Stannard commanding, left the trenches and was ordered into camp at Cobb's Hi...

Clear and cool. All quiet round the city; but Petersburg was assaulted yesterday and successfully defended. The battalion of clerks stil...

Burying the dead that had lain between the Union and Confederate lines for three days. Pemberton sent a flag of truce to Grant at two ...

This morning the steamer Aleck Scott proceeds down the river loaded with the Belmont prisoners, accompanied by federal officers from Cairo,...

Nine miles from Atlanta, two and one-half miles southwest of railroad crossing, July 9, 1864. On the evening of the 7th, just dark, a...

May 15, 1864, 1:30 a. m. At 11 p. m. went again on the skirmish line with Captain Post and superintended the construction of rifle pits for...

Received papers of 1st claiming a grand victory here — all bosh — sorry. Some one is much at fault that the grand plan of July 30, 1864, fa...

Boys exchanged papers with Johnnies. Got one of the 27th. No news. Have played chess considerably for a week or two. Have not been victor f...

Another chat with some rebels. Some intelligent, but impudent. Makes the boys mad that they are not deprived of their plunder. Drew and iss...

E. Co relieves K. before daylight. The enemy & our skirmishers talked all night. Rebs say their torpedos had sunk one of our Monitors &...

Alarm by Negroes trying to come in just at day. All troops in line and on field with positions for another battle visited hospitals in town...

Near Ackworth's Station, June 9, 1864. My last was from Kingston; that place we left on the 4th, being part of a force to guard t...

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

It rained steadily all day. Our forces did not advance any today, but they are still throwing up earthworks and planting batteries. There w...

I have let one of my men copy this out of my journal, which I wrote after we got here Sunday night. Part of it was a letter to Ben. I am we...

Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , June 24, 1864. Our operations here for the last few days, though not so heavy as prior to the 18th, ...