We started early this morning by the northerly road; we "fell in "regularly enough, but it was not long before we took the "r...

We came to within 18 miles of Sauk Center. I stood on guard for the first time there. Good enough got me plenty of sugar and crackers from c...

Osaco Lake. Cheese 25c. Came ̧ from Sauk Center to Alexandrian forest. Fuss about dinner. Attempt to arrest one of the Third—failure. We joi...

We journeyed 26 miles, passed through the Alexandrian forest, encamped late. Bank's company on guard, 48 men. Encamped at Chippewa stati...

Sunday morning. Nothing happened during the night. We bought a good breakfast of a family who make a business of feeding the soldiers that c...

Came back to camp. Company on picket. Burke in command at camp. I was put on comm. guard. SOURCE: Ephraim Shelby Dodd, Diary of Ephraim Sh...

clear and very cool And I was on gard in the day but being unwell I got excused from standing after night SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, ...

clear and cool and our company was on picket gard today at Greenwood Chirch SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartlett Yancey ...

warm and cloudy but no rain And I was on gard at Camp Barton for the first time. SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartlett Ya...

cloudy and sum rain And I was on gard and the counter sign was York Town SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Mal...

a beautyfull day and I was on gard and my post was befour the gard house door so nothing more. SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary ...

Pleasant Valley, October 17th, 1862. Being in a wakeful mood, I will try and compose my mind by writing a few lines in my diary, for we ha...

We had orders to start Wednesday morning for Boston, to embark on a transport for New Berne, North Carolina. A very few men were let off onc...

We have been hard at work yesterday and to-day fixing up our camp, which is located about a quarter of a mile from town on the old racecours...

Those of us who are on guard to-day are having a “soft time.” We have our orders to start at three to-morrow morning. The boys are busy pack...

Sunday morning the regiment was ordered out on grand guard. Went up on hill some two miles from camp—heavy firing heard in the distance—McAr...

My first day on duty as corporal of the guard. Two hours on and four off duty gives me lots of time to write, and as it may interest our fol...

cold and cloudy And I was on gard to day SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone , p. 14

cloudy but warm and the ice melted off and I was on gard that day SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 15

Our first morning in camp. We were rudely awakened and dragged from our bunks at six o’clock, very few being used to such early hours, excep...