One of the events came last night, or rather this morning at half-past four. "E" was ordered out and marched to the edge of the sw...

A steamer came up this morning bringing a sutler. We made another move to-day, going back to our old place under the breastworks in our shel...

SIEGE AT WASHINGTON. It has rained nearly all this week, and until yesterday we have been loafing, trying to kill time. Last night our com...

Camp Warren, Ia. Sept. 29th/61 Ia Cavalry                Dear Sisters 1 I received your kind letter yesterday morning but as I did not hav...

Very busy as usual getting out reports. Faverow gone home with messenger. Tarbell, McCoy's Co., relieved from guard. Corporal Daniel Phe...

We are now having an easy life of it; nothing of interest beyond daily guard duty by a detail from the regiment. Our regiment has delightful...

Regt in line to move at 6. Rec orders to wait. At 12. I am sent with a detail to corderoy the road. The train all stuck in the mud. men pull...

At 12. last night the Jonnies made a charge out of their forts on the skirmish line, draw it in on the left where the 7th Vermont was statio...

Our Regt. on Guard to day. Rec'd our Pay yesterday. Sixteenth Ills. arrived here last night. To day they have gone over to Birds Point. ...

No news of the expidition yet. Too mudy to do any thing yet but stand Guard. It rains about half the time. Both Rivers are still raising, ...

Weather still cold No duty can be performed except to stand guard & perform fatigue duty an uncommon amount of which has fallen to our s...

Our Regt. on Guard to day Lt. Williams detailed with 40 men on fatigue duty to Mound City to day, more news from Fort Donelson to day rather...

CAMP NEAR CULPEPPER,           JUNE 8TH, 1863. MY PRECIOUS WIFE: I have determined to write you another letter, although I cannot do so wit...

I was on guard (supernumerary), all day and was not called out. It was rainy this morning. SOURCE: Seth James Wells,  The Siege of Vicksbu...

On guard. Stood picket in a large cotton field which contains five or six hundred acres of cotton, unpicked. I went back to the cane brake a...

For the last two days we have had no drill out of doors, and very little guard. It has rained steadily. The "Dudley Buck" arrived ...

To be noted. Our company was declared the  cleanest  company! Consequently no guard for us to-morrow. Notwithstanding our  camp  is quite ...

General Mitchell called this afternoon and requested me to form the regiment in a square. I did so, and he addressed it for twenty minutes o...

I was on guard supernumerary in the daytime and stood beyond Wolf Creek at night. instructions to be ready at 6:30 o'clock in the      T...

And the 19 was warm and I was on gard SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone,  p. 28