Our part in this expedition is done, and we are on our way back to Knoxville. Wilcox's "baby brigade," as our boys call them, ...

Went out on a scout three miles from camp. Twenty-eight rebel cavalry driving in our pickets, we fell into battle-line, but the rebels seein...

Our Major was grand officer of the day which makes him for this 24 hours next highest in Command to Genl Gorman who is commander of the post...

10 Oc I took part of the Company & went out on Picket 1½ miles from Camp posted my Pickets & plased my videtts, we occupied a pictur...

A brisk cannonade, kept up since daylight from our side, without response from the enemy. By six o'clock P. M. the enemy fired three tim...

Cold, rainy and windy. We lay here all day coaling up, and suffered with the cold. Most of the boys kept warm by drinking whisky. Nearly all...

Lumpkin's Mill, Miss. This was a dark and sultry morning, and about 8 A. M. while sitting upon the ground, I felt the earth shake a kind...

All seemed quiet in the morning & we started on our way. 12 noon we passed the Noted Island No 10 viewed as we passed the squads of sold...

5 Oc morning I went out and brought in the picket guard and we loosed cable & started, we landed on Island No. 36 Arkansas & wooded ...

The different corps had only taken such positions yesterday as they could in the dark, but today troops were constantly being brought forwar...

We have now commenced to make a regular siege. We have the rebels cooped in and intend keeping them there. Pickets are thrown out in front p...

A scout went out to Burnsville and learned that one hundred and five Federal cavalry had been there the evening before. So all except the pi...

Orders are very strict. If caught outside of the pickets the fine is ten dollars. We get up at 4 o'clock in the morning and stack our ar...

just twelve months from the time I left home we crost over and about 10 oclock we overtaken the scamps again And they comenced throwing bumb...

we was marched around to the left of our armey and was expecting to have to fight every minnet but did not for thar was no fiting don except...

Last night pickets of 43d Ills Kill one capture one and see another bushwhacker. Colm moves at 6.30 for the Rocks, Roads 1½ good 1½ very bad...

A little skirmish to-day, amounting to almost nothing. A party of four or five hundred went out in the morning, came upon the enemy's pi...

Went out today and visited the pickets. Riding through the woods is fearful on both man and beast, as the gnats and mosquitoes are terrible,...

Was awakened this morning at one o'clock, by a soldier in search of a surgeon. One of our pickets had been wounded. The post was on the ...

Last night a sentinel on one of the picket posts halted a stump and demanded the countersign. No response being made, he fired. The entire F...