This morning the command moves by day-light. The Seventh is ordered to bring the extreme rear from the Chattahoochee to where Companies H an...

Our regiment having received orders to take the advance, to-day we move at 5 o'clock a. m.; about noon we enter the swamps of the Oknee ...

Right Bank Roanoke river, Robbin's Ferry, N. C. May 3, 1865. About 20 miles to-day and the latter fourth quite dusty. We did not get the...

Fayetteville, N. C., March 12, 1865. We are camped a couple of miles from town. Marched about 13 miles to-day. Had to put down pontoons at...

Cheraw, S. C., March 4, 1865. We were from 8 a. m. until 4 p. m. on this little five miles. The 17th have their pontoons down and have a d...

February 16, 1865, 7 a. m. The Johnnies shelled our bivouac all night, but hurt no one, but induced us to extinguish our fires, and killed...

Beaufort, S. C., January 13, 1865. Retired about 11 p. m. and woke up here this morning. A very handsome, small town, about the size of Ca...

Eight miles east of Oconee River, three miles south of M. & S. R. R. November 26, 1864, 12 p.m.  Howard wrote Osterhaus a letter congr...

BELLE PLAIN, VA., May 13, 1864. On the S. C. boat, pulling up to the shore Government flatboats of horses and cavalry recruits. There a...

Sherman's men inflating rubber pontoon on which to cross Big Black River. The army last night made pontoons, on which this mornin...

Ready to march at 6. Took my pockets full of mail to the landing. Dismounted men went by boats. Our regt. in rear of Div. and train. Crosse...

Reveille at 4 A. M. Brigade moved out in advance at 6. Waited at the Shenandoah for the pontoons to come up. Most of our brigade forded. On...

CHATTANOOGA, October 16 , 1863 — 12 m. For fifteen hours little rain has fallen, but the skies remain threatening and the barometer ...

In the morning issued beef and rations for 5 days. Pontoons gone to the river. Dr. Smith returned and reported John Devlin found in the mor...

Ration day. After breakfast and morning work, we went at it. Hereafter to have fresh beef every day. Pontoon train arrived in P. M. indicat...

Very cool and comfortable for this season; marched about six miles this morning and went into camp; have remained here all day and possibly...

Hot as an oven, Think will not go on the expedition. Davidsons provision and pontoon train in today. SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morga...

Got the order at midnight to start at three A. M. It made a wild picture in the dark morning, the camp fires blazing high, surrounded by da...

We had a thunderstorm yesterday at 2 p. m. and today we had an all-day rain. We marched twelve miles in the mud, our division taking the le...

We remained in our bivouac all day, the boys putting in the time in mending their shoes and clothing. The Fifteenth Corps came in today. Th...