Our camp yesterday was enlivened by the joyful news that we had orders to take the cars for some unknown destination, and it is generally be...

We were up and at it at the usual time this morning, on the home tramp, which kept up the spirits of many. About ten o'clock we came in ...

After some trouble we managed to get to bed last night about eleven o'clock; but for a long time after that the mules kept us awake; per...

Rained all day, came within four miles of Charlotte. A very poor country. I and Reuben Slaughter went out and staid all night with Mrs. Hood...

We have just received orders to be ready to march at a minute's notice, with two days' rations in our haversacks. The quiet of repos...

Two letters to-day, and two papers, all from home. Seems as if I had been there for a visit. I wonder if my letters give them as much pleasu...

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...

We broke camp bright and early, about six o'clock, had our last bath at the pond, and breakfast at the old barracks, which had been our ...

We are all togged out with new blue clothes, haversacks and canteens. The haversack is a sack of black enamelled cloth with a flap to close ...

Still in Hudson. Was routed out twice last night, for no particular reason as far as I can discover, unless it was to make a miserable night...

Great excitement in camp; order was received to get ready for a forward movement; ammunition packed; haversacks and canteens were issued. ...

Fighting over the enemy's fortifications. This morning our whole line of artillery—seven miles long-opened on the doomed city and fortif...

We got orders to march this morning. Left here with two days’ rations of corn meal and bacon in our haversacks. We got to Petersburg in the ...

Up this morning at three o'clock, with orders for three days' rations in our haversacks and five days' in the wagons—also to be ...

Orders this morning to draw two days' rations, pack up and be ready to move at a moment's warning. We drew hard-tack, coffee, bacon...

Logan's Division, to which we belonged, embarked on transports, that had passed the batteries at Vicksburg and Grand Gulf, last nig...

No. 167. Report of Capt. William C. Jones, Tenth Kansas Infantry, of operations December 15-16, 1864. HEADQUARTERS TENTH KANSAS V...

May 14, 1864. Reveille at 3 a. m. and an order has just come to leave all our knapsacks and move at 7 a. m. Great hospital preparations...

Camp Norfolk, September 12, 1861. Agreeable to our very short notice we packed our knapsacks, put three days rations in our haversacks,...

A steady rain for twenty-four hours, and have not been dry during the time, however it is a warm rain and get along very well. We are still...