Scottsboro, Ala., January 5, 1864. Your brother no longer represents the Festive Mamaluke, but has returned from his paradise of fresh ...

Cairo.   Writing letters is getting to be harder work than drilling, and is more dreaded by the boys. Lots of people are visiting the camp ...

Tullahoma, Tenn. , December 24, 1863. In my last letter, I spoke of having something important to write in a day or two; I referred to ...

I went to Tipton on horseback today, accompanied by John D. Moore, who enlisted in Company E of the Eleventh Iowa Infantry. All of the Inla...

All the men of the Iowa Brigade who did not re-enlist have been formed into a battalion until the veterans return. Major Pomutz of the Fif...

The Thirteenth Regiment started for Iowa today on their thirty-day furlough. Our regiment received three months' pay, and all who re-en...

The time for re-enlisting with the bounty expired last night at midnight. The boys who re-enlisted are now looking forward to going home on...

An order was issued by the War Department cancelling the previous order giving the large bounties to soldiers for re-enlisting, but it is n...

It cleared off this morning and it got quite cool. I was at my post this morning, standing in water a foot deep. When our relief came they...

The weather has been generally mild this month, though changeable, but today it capped the climax. There was a strong gale from the northwe...

Quite cool this morning, with a high wind all day. Quite a number of the Eleventh Iowa have re-enlisted, though only eighteen of our compan...

The Eleventh had regimental inspection with accouterments and full dress. The boys are continuing to re-enlist for three years or during th...

The re-enlisting of the men for three years is proceeding rapidly. Most of the boys are in favor of seeing the war brought to a close befor...

I went out on picket this morning. An order was read on parade this evening, announcing that all soldiers who will re-enlist for three y...

CAMP OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG, May 27, 1862. Yesterday General Reynolds's brigade was moved over the river to occupy the town of Fre...

The Richmond papers say that every train from Manassas is crowded with soldiers who are on their return home to visit their friends – but wh...

Ft. Smith, Ark., March 18, 1864 Mr. Editor :– In reading your paper of Feb. the 20th I see an article addressed to the citizens of Clark Cou...

The State Register of Friday last has the following on this subject: “Adjutant General Baker has kindly furnished us with some explanatory l...