The long roll sounded about half-past seven in the morning, and at once we formed a line of battle on the regimental parade ground. At abou...

We had company drill this morning as usual. Lieutenant Compton took the company out on the drill ground this afternoon for company drill, a...

Lieutenant Compton with five men went out to capture the man who fired into a passenger train last summer and killed the conductor. When th...

Some of the boys have been getting whiskey in this locality and today Lieutenant Compton with Carl Frink and John White went to find where ...

I am back with the company again. The boys are having a big chicken dinner today, Lieutenant Compton having bought four dozen chickens and ...

The weather is very warm and pleasant. The regiment is becoming quite proficient in battalion drill, Colonel Hare seeming to understand the...

No news of importance. We enjoy our drilling under First Lieutenant Compton. He has the company under perfect control. The boys always mak...

Nothing of importance today. All the boys of the company like to drill under Compton, our first lieutenant, for he can give the correct co...

We had regular drill this morning and in the afternoon our election of officers. The election resulted as follows: Captain, Samuel S. McLo...

Captain Stearns of Company A of the Eighth Iowa arrived today from Davenport, coming to encourage enlistments. Several new men enrolled to...