Fort Hill 15th June 1849 MY DEAR DAUGHTER, I do hope by this time, you are all safe in London, after a pleasant voyage. I shall be on the ...

COLOR-PHOBIA. Our people have got it. They have got it in the blue, collapse stage. Many of them have got it so bad, they can't get...

Rebels in hot water all night and considerably agitated. Imagined we could hear firing during the night. This morning small squads of tired...

My chattel Joe, “ adscriptus mihi domino ” awoke me to a bath of Mississippi water with huge lumps of ice in it, to which he recommended a...

At five o'clock this morning, having been awakened an hour earlier by a wonderful chorus of riotous mocking-birds, my old negro attenda...

[ The day of the battle of Atlanta ] We have heard the loud booming of cannon all day. Mr. Ward [the overseer] went over to the burial...

The weather is very pleasant. We are still on duty guarding the main road to Beaufort. The trains have all gone in for supplies. All is qui...

Yesterday evening we had another visit from the Lancers: they fed their horses at M's barn, ripping off the planks that the corn might ...

We started this morning at 5 o'clock and marched about eight miles, when we stacked our arms until 3 p. m. We continued our march to Pe...