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 ...

Left South Fork camp, marched to Taylorsville, and went three miles out on picket the same night, making a march of 23 miles. SOURCE: Adam...

Left Taylorsville camp, remaining the 3d on picket and marched the 4th to Bloomington, and encamped for the night, making a march of 10 mile...

Reached camp yesterday at noon. My recruits arrived to-day. The enemy was here in my absence in strength and majesty, and repeated, with a...

After cooking three days' rations, we struck tents and loaded our wagons. The wagons were sent to Booneville, twelve miles from Jacinto,...

I listened to some delightful music this morning by Miss Stern, particularly the Texas Rangers, dedicated to Mrs. Gen'l Wharton. I start...

Came on picket this morning. SOURCE: Ephraim Shelby Dodd,  Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd: Member of Company D Terry's Texas Rangers , p...

we stade at the same plase untell sun down And then our Regiment had to go on picket And we marched down in about a mile of the Yankees and ...

we was on picket at the same plase SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone,  p. 23

we was releaved about twelve oclock And then we marched back about a mile in the woods SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartl...

marched about four miles toward Ashland And when we stopt it was dark And then our company had to go about 5½ miles futher to stand picket a...

last day of 1862 was cool and cloudy and our Regiment had muster inspection in the day and at nite our Company had to go on picket gard down...

Day cool. A. M. making Inspection reports. P. M. rec my commission as 2d Lt of co G. aggregate too low to muster. The Negro Brigade from Ft ...

Started from camp at Potomac Creek at six A.M., marched to the Rappahannock, and went into position at United States Ford. The rebel earthwo...

We packed up twice to change our camp today, but the order was countermanded each time. The arsenal is a very extensive building and the reb...

On picket guard today. Got my boots half soled. Gen. McPherson passed through here, and Logan's division is coming up and passing throug...

The name of our camp is properly Elk Water, not Elk Fork. The little stream which comes down to the river, from which the camp derives its n...

Company on picket. All gamblers and pirutes put on roots. I came under the latter head. SOURCE: Ephraim Shelby Dodd,  Diary of Ephraim She...

Still on picket. SOURCE: Ephraim Shelby Dodd,  Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd: Member of Company D Terry's Texas Rangers , p. 9

During the past month the right section done picket duty once on the Potomac. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regim...