This morning Captain Ahern with two men from each company leave for Illinois to recruit for the regiment. The entire regiment is now making ...

Rained all night; clear and cool this morning. The government publishes nothing from Georgia yet; but it is supposed there is intelligence...

Camp on Rappahannock River, Va . ,           January 11, 1863. Yesterday was a very wet day, but we can keep fairly comfortable with the l...

Katz went home to-day on a furlough. Nothing new up to the 23d. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier , p. 20

Henry Wortheim was sent home on a sick furlough, as he is very bad off. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier , p. 17

RE-ENLISTING. We have now entered on the last year of our soldier service and are looking forward to the end, and may it not only end our ...

The balance of the re-enlisted men left for home today, several of the officers going with them. We have now got our ultimatum, either enlis...

Yesterday and today have been busy days at Camp Upton. The idea of going home as a regiment has found favor with the officers, and as this i...

NEWPORT News, VA., Dec. 1, 1863. On receipt of my furlough, which came promptly to hand at the appointed time, I, in company with eight o...

FURLOUGH. Our last furloughed men have returned, and I have the promise of one next week, and am congratulating myself on the prospect of ...

Letter from Cousin Minnie, also from home. Have made application for about a dozen furloughs and sent as many men to hospital for examinati...

Another large squad of veterans and the most of the remaining officers left for Ohio yesterday. Recruiting seems to be active in Ohio. I th...

MOUNTAIN LEXINGTON WESTERN MARYLAND JANUARY-JULY 1864 Camp White, January 1, 1864. Dear Uncle : — . . . This is New Year's day. B...

Camp White , December 4, 1863. Dear Uncle : — Lucy and I have considered your bulletin announcing your determination to hold Birch. I n...

A cold, dark day. No news. It was a mistake about the enemy crossing the Rapidan — only one brigade (cavalry) came over, and it was beaten ...

The recent victory of Grant near Chattanooga seems to be very complete. We have not heard from Burnside, besieged in Knoxville by Longstree...

A refugee from Portsmouth reports the arrival of 6000 Federal troops at Newport News, and that Richmond is to be menaced again. Brig.-G...

Furloughs stopped and pontoon train came up today. The Col.'s leave failed. He was in great trouble, having promised his wife to come h...

Several furloughs came back. Boys happy. Am almost homesick, but put on as good a face as possible. Who knoweth the heart? SOURCE: F...

Two miles south of the Gordon's Mills crossing of the Chickamauga, May 7, 1864, 12 m. We started at 8 this morning and made this ...