On shore again. The well ones are drilling and the sick are enjoying themselves any way they can. Mail came to-day and I have a long letter ...

Nothing of any particular note has occured today. The ground was covered with Snow this morning, but it has thawed all day. Went down after ...

Colder, but not much frost. M. stands 26 tonight. Cha s  got letter from Frank, he is now on a RRoad. I got a letter from Brother C R. Mat[t...

No news yet. All quiet. Misty day, snow all gone, more mud. In the office as usual. Went down this evening and got the NY papers & Frank...

Got up this morning feeling pretty well and concluded to leave to-morrow; went up town and mailed a letter to my wife; saw Dr. Johnson and g...

I sent letter to pupils at Spring Mills, Locke's Mills. Two messengers left on the mules, Billy and Dixie. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  D...

I finished a letter to my sister Caroline. A man fell through the scaffolding. Doughnuts by baker, 15. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of ...

I worked in office as usual. Gave two letters to the P. M. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865 ,...

Mail arrived, 8 for me. Snowy. S. V. Carr gone to Breckenridge. Sent a letter and Indian scalp to father. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary ...

Dr. Andrus is going to-day. He says I ought not to think of leaving here yet. But he does not forbid it, so if I get a chance I shall try it...

Not very well today. drill the co part of the time this P. M. Recd mail, a letter from Mattie SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G,...

Rienzi.   Went through the usual routine of drill and camp life. Received my first mail since my arrival, consisting of two letters and a [M...

A letter from home—the first since April 25th, and written by my beloved wife. On receiving it I sought my tent with eager haste and perused...

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...

CAMP STEVENSON. Sunday. A splendid day; but what a miserable-looking set of boys we are!—stiff, lame, and dirty, and hungry for more beans...

So very blustery and cold that we could not go to Georgetown. Stamps, 5c. I sent letter to sister Letitia West. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  ...

Went into quarters in the navy yard at Memphis. Quarters very good. Men under shelter. The machine shop is used as barracks for the regiment...

Before daylight. We have been turned out, for some purpose, and are standing in line with our guns and accoutrements on. Later. Are back i...

Back in Camp Millington, and the rest of the day is ours. A letter from Miss Hull, in answer to one written her mother. It was full of home ...

A letter from home! A letter from home! It reached me by hand through the department—is most reassuring and at the same time most delightful...