The Rebels are upon us. Having visited upper Maryland, they are turning their attention hitherward. General Wallace has been defeated, and ...

On the march at 7 a. m. Left the river and passed through a forest five miles coming out on a plain or open prairie near Fort DeRussey. We ...

Heavy skirmishing most all day. Expected a big battle. Did not materialize. Gunboats all over the falls and came down with the transports. ...

Dam broke away and two ironclads run through. Two gunboats reported destroyed near Fort De Russey. SOURCE: Abstracted from George G....

After tying up to the bank all night for fear of sharp shooters along the shore in the woods; we passed Fort De Russey at Snaggy Point. Thi...

We passed Baton Rouge and Port Hudson entering the mouth of Red river at about noon. On the way up two men hailed us from the shore in the ...

Headquarters Div. Seventeenth Army Corps, Red River Expedition, Fort De Russey, Avoyelles County, Louosiana , March 17, 1864. My Dear...

VlCKSBURG, July 11, 1863. My Dear Mother: I have just debarked on my return from Port Hudson and finished my report to General Grant....

The Fourteenth Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry was organized and mustered into the service of the United States under the proclamation o...

COLONEL TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTBY. James I. Gilbert is one of Iowa's best officers. He is a native of Kentucky, and was born about the yea...