We have pitched our tents in rear of our guns and still occupy the same position. Our trap was set for a band of guerillas who have been ope...

We camped within a few miles of Malvern Hill last night, and to-day our forces reoccupied the hill without any opposition, capturing some se...

Night verry high wind with incessant heavy rain, our canvas tents shelter us well from the storm but the storm of wind gave us some uneasine...

The sick carried early to the gates but not received; ordered to be brought at 2 p. m. Doctors have got it into their heads that some system...

Recent improvements in camp are timbers laid across the swamp on the west side north of the stream for 20 rods, this will help escape the fi...

On the morning of the 3rd when the rebels hung the flag of truce from their fort on the Jackson road, word soon passed along our whole line ...

Moscow. Our boys returned in the afternoon having been out to Collierville, eighteen miles distant, burned a bridge, came upon a party of re...

The story of yesterday's fight is all  bosh . There were no two hundred prisoners taken—no fifteen killed—no fight—not a rebel seen! Mun...

Forenoon we was on battallion drill after noon Co drill, no Dress perade about sunset just when the 23 Mo Inft dismissed their dress perade ...

9 Oc Mr. R Murdock & I started to the citty was at the gun boats & Arsenal seen one horse get drouned, took our dinner at the Mt Ver...

8 Oc I went down into the citty to the government undertaker & made arrangements & arranged to have him burry Corporal Butler D Bail...

Forenoon we had a fine battallion drill afternoon we ware in Co drill & dress perade evening I spoke to the paroled prisners in their ba...

Breakfasted on half of a small biscuit and an onion. Prisoners arrive; a crowd gathered when a cannon was fired over the camp. SOURCE: Joh...

Several shots fired during the night, one from a cannon, the shot screaming overhead. Yesterday and today's arrival of prisoners is abou...

Received orders to move tomorrow. Our camp life at Smith's Plantation has been as pleasant as we could wish. Our time was spent in batal...

Started at four a. m. Reached Raymond by ten o'clock.  The   churches were full of the wounded rebels and our men, for there had been qu...

Between daylight and sunup about twelve hundred Federal cavalry surrounded Booneville, a. small village station on the Mobile and Ohio Railr...

No definite news from Foot yet, the 19 th  he was still bombarding Island N o  10 — people are now waiting again to hear from Gen l  Burnsid...

Started from Middleburg at half-past nine A.M., and stopped in the road three hours while eight or ten thousand cavalry passed us. Saw a lot...

Left Richmond yesterday about 6:30 o'clock a. m. Found a number of the Texas Brigade and a few of my regiment on the cars and soon becam...