Resumed our march at 8 A.M., got ten miles, and halted within one mile of the creek. We waded Gum Swamp, stayed there three hours, and turne...

Resumed our march at 8 this morning, got eight miles, when we got to our extreme picket posts. They told us the Yankees were one mile and a ...

A bright day, with southern breezes. It is rumored and believed that Gen. Lee's army is in motion. If this be so, we shall soon hear o...

WE RETURN TO NEWBERN. Attended church this morning. Steamer Thomas Collyer arrived this afternoon with orders for the regiment to report a...

HILL'S POINT. Received orders for the right wing, consisting of companies K, I, F, C and B to break camp and be ready to march at an h...

Like most other Sabbaths in the army, so was this; all day busy cleaning up the camp ground, tearing down the board shanties which former oc...

EVACUATION. The steamer Thomas Collyer arrived last night, bringing dispatches of some kind, but just what we were unable to find out. Thi...

WE LEAVE FOR PLYMOUTH. NEWBERN, After months of idleness in camp, at last comes a change. At 4 o'clock p. m., orders came to break cam...

WE LEAVE PLYMOUTH. On the 8th of December the regiment embarked on the schooner Skirmisher for Newbern, arriving there on the evening of the...

WE STAY AWHILE IN PLYMOUTH. All the troops, with the batteries, wagons, horses, mules and negroes, have been sent around to Newbern by boa...

WE LOSE OUR BANDS.  All the regimental bands have been mustered out and have gone home. Ours left the first of this month, and it seems qu...