This is Thanksgiving Day as ordered by the President of the United States. Spent the day in the woods on picket duty. My dinner was hard tac...

Early this morning we are on the road leading towards Pulaski, Tennessee. When within twelve miles of Pulaski we go into camp; we have honey...

The advance is now passing our regiment. It falls to our lot to be in the rear to-day. Soon we are all in the saddle and on the road. At noo...

After traveling briskly all morning we arrive at Trenton on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. We notice that here too war's scourge has been...

Nothing to eat yet. Wortheim, W. Eagle and myself went out foraging, to buy something to eat. We got to one house and there was no one at ho...

We were annoyed some little through the night, by the rebels firing, but they didn't hit anybody. Two regiments of infantry with some c...

Well, we are just well fixed and happy. After partaking of a royal repast last night, served in an out-building near the main building of t...

Last night was quite cold, suffered a little. Rash troubles me. Up at sunrise, breakfast of ham, potatoes and coffee. At 6 commenced fallin...

Up at 4 and an early breakfast in anticipation of marching. Infantry came in a little before noon. Saw Wattle. Got dinner and then started....

After doing stable duty, went up to Co. H and got some ham, bread and coffee. Read the morning paper and wrote to Delos. A little after noo...

The ham given us to-day was rotten, with those nameless little white things crawling around through it. Promptly threw it out of the window...

Up at 4 A. M. Off on foot for the ferry at 7. Boys started with the Indian warwhoop. All in good cheer. Quite a long walk. Bid Kansas goodb...

Being in this place brings out a man for just what he is worth. Those whom we expect the most from in the way of braving hardships and dang...

It was bitter cold last night, and everything is frozen this morning; there will be abundance of ice next summer, if we keep our ice-houses...

We got under weigh at 5 A.M., the mules looking rather mean for want of grass. At 8 A. m . we reached the Nueces river, the banks of whi...

A letter this morning from Sister M., who has returned to her home on the Potomac. She gives me an account of many “excitements” to which t...

At Mrs. Lyons's met another beautiful woman, Mrs. Penn, the wife of Colonel Penn, who is making shoes in a Yankee prison. She had a lit...

Went out with Lt. McGowan after bacon. Went 14 miles. Saw the Challes-Louise. Enjoyed seeing the family again — talkative as ever. Took som...

Slept until ten o'clock. Commenced letter to Fannie. Brooks went out and got a load of hams and bacon. SOURCE: Frances Andrews T...