Moved up the Cumberland river from Clarksville to the shoals, where three of our boats were captured two weeks before, and all the negroes w...

10 Oc I was released I have been on duty for 24 hours without any sleep, there is strong expectation here of an attack & our officers ar...

A weak and disagreeable state of body since last date has waived my practice of noting; but everything has been as now—"hell upon earth...

Weather severely hot as it has been learned that a break by the prisoners is planned, and warns them for three weeks. A supply of sumach bud...

72d Ill. detailed as rear guard. A large train of supplies and ammunition going out to the armies in advance. Roads terribly dusty and weath...

To day, Sarah Bates , by one single deed, set free all her remaining slaves — being 32 in number. The deed was proven in Court, by John. S. ...

Resumed the march early, found the river waist high, and current swift; but the men all got over safely, and we reached camp at one o'cl...

The parson is in my tent doing his best to extract something solemn out of Willis' violin. Now he stumbles on a strain of "Sweet Ho...

. . . Stopped at Law School on my way down, with Mr. Ruggles, and conferred a little with the graduating class. The young men have expressed...

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...

We have had quite a snow storm today and the streets are again wet and muddy. No particular news from any of the armies. The Bombardment of ...

Went out beyond Maj. Winn's, brought his family and negroes out, skirmished with the Yankees for some time, nothing serious. SOURCE: E...

Had a good run during the night A. M. Passed Natchez but did not get to see any of the city except "Natchez under the hill." boat ...

Pass Port Hudson in the night also Battan Rouge. all day passing through the richest contry I ever saw. fine plantations splendid houses ...

While we are encamped life is so monotonous that I do not usually regard it as necessary to keep a diary, but occasionally we have a little ...

It was with a bounding heart, brimful of gratitude to God, that I stepped on board the Dakota and bade farewell to Haines Bluff on the secon...

Then Lieut. Newell told us to "go," and we went, as well as we could, for quarters. Arriving at the granary, and having left our  ...

DREADFUL DAYS DRAG ON—NIGGER IN THE EXCHANGE FENCE. A man shot through the body and killed while dipping water from the stream several fee...

Today two brigades of our division were reviewed by Adjutant General Thomas of the United States Army. Afterwards we were closed in "ma...

Stopped at Barnum’s on my way downtown to see the much advertised nondescript, the "What-is-it.” 1 Some say it’s an advanced chimpanze...