HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI,           ST. LOUIS, Dec. 28, 1868. Dear Brother: *           *           *           *   ...

April 27. Two or three months ago I wrote you of a fearful monomania among our line officers, called "Muster and Pay Rolls." The...

For the last month nothing but a dull monotony has reigned in camp, but things are now becoming more lively. The paymaster has made his appe...

CAMP HASTINGS, March 18, 1865. DEAR Uncle: — I have very little care or responsibility. My command is exclusively a fighting command. I ha...

This is Camp Tiffin. Our regiment was favored to-day with a large mail, and nothing could have been more acceptable. Letters from home were ...

CAMP FIVE MILES SOUTH OF HARPERS FERRY, VIRGINIA,  July 30, 1864.  DEAR UNCLE: – I received your letter of the 13th last night. I hardly kno...

No news from any quarter, except the continued bombardment of the debris of Fort Sumter, and the killing and wounding of some 10 or 12 men ...

Camp Reed, Jackson, Tenn., January 22, 1863. I received your four-volume letter of the 5th, 12th, 13th inst. last night, and return y...

Provost Marshal's Office, Waterford, Miss., December 23, 1862. Suspect this will be my last from this country. Where the army is ...

Organizing the militia; hauling artillery past the prison Have a good view of all that is going on. Bought a compass from one of the guards...

— and Christmas. — One year ago to-day first went into camp at Coldwater, little dreaming what changes a year would bring around, but there...

James River frozen nearly over, and rebels say it has not been so cold for years as at the present time. There are hundreds with frozen fee...

Having a few dollars of good yankee money which I have hoarded since my capture, have purchased a large blank book and intend as long as I ...

The luxury and comfort of New York and Philadelphia strike one as extraordinary after having lately come from Charleston and Richmond. The ...

No officer or soldier under the rank of a general is allowed into Chambersburg without a special order from General Lee, which he is very c...

I got up a little before daylight, and, notwithstanding the drenching rain, I secured our horses, which, to my intense relief, were present...

A very pleasant morning. Now wondering why we still remain in the woods. Believe the enemy must be in this vicinity in a strong force. Wrot...

It is evening. All is still. Silence and night are once more united. I can sit at the table in the parlor and write. Two candles are lighte...

December 3, 1864 At the end of each month, General Meade sends up his pay-rolls, that is, a large printed sheet which each officer fill...

It is rainy and blustery today, but otherwise all is quiet. We received two months' pay, being paid in crisp new greenbacks. The paymas...