The Democrats have had a large meeting at Reading in Pennsylvania. Mr. Blair is reported to have made an ultra speech, denouncing the intrig...

 I, early this morning, took to the President the carefully prepared list of promotions. He did not fully understand the subject and was dis...

The Federals, under the command of General Grant, have at last achieved a brilliant success, having captured Fort Donnelson after hard fight...

Edward D. Kittoe, M. D. , of Galena, Ill., died on Friday, September 29th, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. The deceased was a native ...

Camp Cairo, Illinois.   Storm has abated. The troops that were enbarking yesterday will all leave to day. One soldier was drowned yesterday ...

Played ball this forenoon and in the afternoon were detailed to extinguish a fire which destroyed the best part of town. The Post Office, on...

Enroute. Advanced about five miles, starting at about 8 o'clock, marched south, leaving Waterford on our left. Halted some three hours o...

Oxford. Warm and pleasant. Quinby's Division inspected by U. S. Grant and suite. Troubled with diarrhea. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones,  ...

Our part in this expedition is done, and we are on our way back to Knoxville. Wilcox's "baby brigade," as our boys call them, ...

Soldiers and negroes are rebuilding the fallen wall. Prisoners stand at a distance often shouting: "That is good for you, Rebs"; ...

Great excitemenent. Rebels hung out flag of truce and General Grant has gone to meet General Pemberton. All are on the qui-vive to know what...

Pemberton accepted Grant's terms which the reader of this must look to some history to see what they are. Orders came to hold ourselves ...

On the morning of the 3rd when the rebels hung the flag of truce from their fort on the Jackson road, word soon passed along our whole line ...

I was detailed on fatigue this morning. The detail from our regiment worked on the big break in the levee. We did a good day's work, and...

Davis Mills. We had a general inspection by U. S. Grant and General Quinby of the 3rd Division. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones,  An Artillerym...

Started at four a. m. Reached Raymond by ten o'clock.  The   churches were full of the wounded rebels and our men, for there had been qu...

Drove the enemy across the Big Black River, capturing quite a number, with artillery; built a bridge, taking the timber from cotton gins and...

Tremendous cannonading early this morning. I have never heard anything to equal it. It seems to be Grant's tactics to keep the Rebs busy...

Bright and clear, warm and pleasant. How well do I remember two short years ago today when we took a sleigh ride and made a regular family v...

We moved back to the old side, five of us, unbeknown to Rebs, it being improved by the removal of so many to the new part, and to get near t...