I have plenty to eat. Go outside every day whether clothing is issued or not. To explain the manner of issuing clothing: The men are called...

Camp Near Sharpsburgh, November 22, 1862. Yesterday, I received the great box of clothing which has been the matter of so much intere...

pleasant Hill , October 16, 1861. I always have an impulse to write when I get a letter, and as yours of last Friday gladdened me this ...

Yesterday morning, just as I stepped out of bed I heard the report of four cannon fired in rapid succession, and everybody asked everybody ...

To-day we are all at home. It is amusing to see, as each lady walks into the parlour, where we gather around the centre-table at night, tha...

A very pleasant day at S. H. The ladies all busily knitting for our soldiers — oh, that we could make them comfortable for the winter! ...

No more feminine gossip, but the licensed slanderer, the mighty Russell, of the Times. He says the battle of the 21st was fought at long ra...

Captain Shannon, of the Kirkwood Rangers, called and stayed three hours. Has not been under fire yet, but is keen to see or to hear the fla...

We had a pleasant evening. While N. read the papers we were knitting for the soldiers. An account is given of some small successes. Our men...

No army news to be relied on. We spent our time as usual. Knitting for the soldiers is our chief employment. Several suits of clothes for t...

Today is my birthday, — 18 years. Sent today 42 pairs of mittens to Rob. SOURCE: William Rhinelander Stewart,  The Philanthropic Work o...

. . .  I began knitting mittens last Monday. SOURCE: William Rhinelander Stewart,  The Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell ,...

And have already knit four pairs SOURCE: William Rhinelander Stewart,  The Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell , p. 22