We drilled forenoon in manual of arms & afternoon in battallion drill & dress perade Our Reg took a march through the citty & dr...

WE are nearly out of sight of land. Wild ducks and geese cover the water. The sun is just coming up, and seems to me I never saw such a love...

Our Third and Fourth Detachments are camped for the winter at Land's End, under the command of Lieutenant John M. West, and supported by...

We had a verry heavy rain before day wett us in our tents I mustered the company & took them out on Dress perade evening I took I. Spoon...

We are now on the “heaving sea and the bounding wave.” We were aroused yesterday morning at four o'clock, ordered to prepare breakfast a...

Nothing of importance stirring—very hot and rather hard to get anything to eat unless one's pocket is well lined with Confederate money ...

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. Leaving Newport News on the afternoon of the 21st, we made a march of about ten miles, reaching Little Bethel just befor...

A rather unpleasant day. Spent Christmas quietly. Ate dinner with Capt. Chester. Oysters. Wrote home. SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney...

Received orders to turn in A Tents and draw shelter tents in readiness to go to Washington for outfit. Went to town late on bus. Drake rece...

A rainy unpleasant day. Detailed to act as R. Q. M. vice Bills, who thinks of resigning on account of matters at home. Played some at chess...

In the morning did some errands. Played chess with Thede and Melissa. Oysters for supper. Thede goes back tonight. I could see he dreads it...

The Buglers went down town and were mustered out. I was not there to get the promised oysters. The others did. D. and John called on Meliss...

Spent the day very quietly at home. Worked as usual. Last night Chester treated to the oysters. Buglers expect to be mustered out, very jub...

— and Christmas. — One year ago to-day first went into camp at Coldwater, little dreaming what changes a year would bring around, but there...

Still cold. Have enough to eat myself, but am one of a thousand. The scurvy is appearing among some of the men, and is an awful disease — c...

Revelie at 2.45, breakfast at 3.30 Genl call at 5. Brigade forms on the Gulf beach at 6 column of the 3d Div moves out at 8.30; in a quanda...

Last night quite cold, strong North wind, morning very cold & windy, no wood, water in Gulf two ft— lower on beach than any time since ...

Fine day. hunt shells on the beach, see the porpoises, &c camp on banks of white sand covered with scrub oaks plenty of fresh water by ...

The message of Gov. Seymour, of New York, if I am not mistaken in its import and purposes, will have a distracting effect on the subjugatio...