We were annoyed some little through the night, by the rebels firing, but they didn't hit anybody. Two regiments of infantry with some c...

Logan's Division, to which we belonged, embarked on transports, that had passed the batteries at Vicksburg and Grand Gulf, last nig...

Troops were arriving all night and to-day (Hood's division), and are proceeding Southward, per railroad, it is said for Tennessee, via ...

To-day we have characteristic unintelligible dispatches from Mississippi. They say, up to third instant, yesterday, everything is encouragi...

To-day the city is in fine spirits. Hooker had merely thrown up defenses to protect his flight across the river. The following dispatch was...

The enemy are advancing across the Rappahannock, and the heavy skirmishing which precedes a battle has begun. We are sending up troops and ...

A telegraph dispatch this morning from Admiral Porter states he has possession of Grand Gulf. The news was highly gratifying to the Presid...

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Near Vicksburg, Miss., May 24 , 1863 . Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General in-Chief, Washingto...

All is quiet here at Grand Gulf. We heard some heavy cannonading up at Vicksburg. The Third Brigade of General Lauman's Division arrive...

News came today that Richmond was taken. I took a walk and reviewed the rebels' works about here. They were strongly fortified with hea...

After an early breakfast we left bivouac at 6 o'clock and took up our march. By noon we reached the Mississippi river, where we took bo...

It is quite pleasant. Had battalion drill this forenoon. The boys are all in fine spirits, expecting at any moment to receive marching orde...

General Blair's Division, composed of Ohio and Illinois troops, went by today on their way to Grand Gulf. All day teams were returning ...

One hundred and fifty prisoners captured at Grand Gulf were taken past here this morning; they all looked quite downhearted. A large train ...

The Sixth Division trains all went to the landing this morning for ammunition. Wagon trains are passing back and forth all the time, hauli...

The Fourth Iowa Cavalry passed here this morning. It is a fine regiment of horse. Four hundred and forty-four rebel prisoners captured at G...

News came that our army took five hundred prisoners at Grand Gulf. General Steele's Division passed here today. There is an Iowa brigad...

Our provision train returned from the landing today. There was some very heavy cannonading at Grand Gulf today, where it is reported that t...

It cleared off this morning and we left Richmond at 10 o'clock, marched nine miles and went into camp on Holmes's plantation, about...

MILLIKEN'S BEND, May 2, 1863. As I wrote you on Wednesday , I went up Yazoo with two ironclad boats, four or five mosquitoes, or sm...