At midnight last night it commenced to sleet & continued for about 12 hours then commenced snowing in earnest & continued to snow ha...

The Third is encamped five miles south of Louisville, on the Seventh-street plank road. As we marched through the city my attention was di...

No orders to advance. Armies travel slowly indeed. Within fifteen miles of the enemy and idly rotting in the mud. Acting Brigadier-General...

On account of my cough, which is worse when I lie down, I have walked about evenings or sat and chatted with others about the camp fire unti...

Rain last night and mud this morning. In the office as usual. A fire broke out this morning on the corner of the Av e  & 7 th  Street, i...

Saturday morning rained like the mischief last night, Our camp flooded with water. The 10th Ills. have no tents and they are in an awful fix...

Reveille at two A.M.; started at four; marched by Emmettsburg and through Utica, Md., and went into camp at five P.M. Roads very muddy. Twen...

On the morning of the 6th, Saturday, we were ordered to be prepared to march at 12 o'clock. We started about 1 o'clock towards the R...

Left Nashville on foot to join my company and regiment again. Came twenty-three miles through rain, and the roads being very muddy, we encam...

4 Oc we ware on dress parade in the mud & rain 2½ Oc Brother Oiler Chaplain of the 21st Mo Inft preached to us text 1st psalm Capt Morto...

Left Logan's mill before the sun was up. The rain continues, and the mud is deep. At eleven o'clock we reached what is known as Mars...

We have had a rain and the hard ground made the softest kind of mud. It sticks to our feet and clothes, and everybody is cross and crabbed. ...

We have been listening all day to the booming of Cannon and beating of Drums. Troops are constantly embarking at the Arsenal and marching th...

The weather continues delightful and the mud has nearly dried up in our streets. There is no particular news afloat today. The Battle near W...

Friday morning cloudy & misting rain. Weather prohibiting the usual duties. Our pleasant weather which has continued ever since the firs...

Tuesday morning cloudy & misting rain, too mudy to drill nothing doing to day. SOURCE:  Transactions of the Illinois State Historical ...

Thursday morning cloudy      Preparations making early this morning for our march Marched to the landing at 2 O'clock. The Brigade is al...

Started at five A.M.; marched through Buckeyetown, Md. We passed a great many fields of wheat and corn. The roads were muddy. Crossed the Mo...

Grand Junction, Tenn. It having rained during the night, the dust was converted to mud. Ate a breakfast of cold beef and bread, filled our c...

It has rained all day. Snow all gone and mud again much to the disappointment of all. We heard this morning of the death of the gallant Genl...