Notice is given to-day of a grand parade of the armies of the Potomac, of the Tennessee, and Georgia, etc., etc., to take place on Tuesday a...

On the 22d and 23d, the great review of the returning armies of the Potomac, the Tennessee, and Georgia took place in Washington. I delayed ...

This historic event, briefly covered in the diary, under dates of May 23 and 24, 1865, had had no precedent in the past and is not likely t...

Rode a little distance with Major Welch. Told him of the plan talked of. Read in “ Skirmishes and Sketches ” by Gail Hamilton — much intere...

Reveille at 4 A. M. with orders to move at 6. Orders countermanded on account of no rations. Went to sutler's and got cheese, buttermil...

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,             Camp near Alexandria, May 19 , 1865 . General JOHN A. RAWLINS, Chief of Staf...

Headquarters Second Mass. Inf'y, Near Washington, D. C , May 26,1865. We are now settled in what we suppose will be our permanen...

This is a very pleasant day, for which we are all thankful. We left for Washington City at 8 o'clock, and crossing the Potomac river ov...

There are three armies in camp here, the Army of the Potomac under General Meade, and the Armies of the Tennessee and of Georgia, both unde...

It is still raining. We remained in our bivouac all day. Some of the troops are moving toward Washington for the grand review. News came th...

We started at 8 a. m. and by 10 o'clock had passed through Old Alexandria. We went into bivouac within three miles of Washington City. ...

Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , May 18, 1865. I depended on the boys to tell you all the news. You will see by the papers that the g...

Washington, D. C. , May 12, 1865. I reached here last evening in time to pitch camp on the banks of the Potomac. To-day I have been in...

RALEIGH, N. C., April 22, 1865. I wrote you a hasty letter by Major Hitchcock and promised to write more at length as soon as matters s...

The organization of the Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry began when the first company was ordered into quarters by Governor Kirkwood, Septembe...

The organization of the Fifteenth Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry began prior to Sept. 5, 1861, but the precise date is not revealed in ...