Lieutenant Durbin and some of the boys went out scouting. They brought in a lot of corn to feed the horses; also some walnuts, hickory nuts...

Dr. Smith, a resident here, had his horse stolen last night. This morning Lieutenant Durbin with ten men went out to find the thief, but th...

The third all-day rain.   Our regiment, the Eleventh Iowa, commenced to build their new barracks, located on the east side of the camp gro...

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