October 20. I never knew till today that "John Brown," the only son of Uncle York, was the first negro soldier who fell in this ...

March 19. The provost marshal and major have been very busy today, escorting the rebel women and children to their friends. Major Strong t...

January 13, 1863. . . . When I sit down at evening it always seems as if there could be but one subject to write upon, the music of the...

I recited “Scott and the Veteran” today at school, and Mary Field recited, “To Drum Beat and Heart Beat a Soldier Marches By”; Anna recited...

After breakfast — poor beef — went into town. Advance with secesh flag and a dozen rushed to it and showed passes from Raines and McDonald ...

Camp Near Newtown, June 14, 1862. After about eighteen days' absence, here we are back again in Virginia, camped on the identical...