Very snowy. The Sibley D. T. relief train arrives with news of the fall of Vicksburg. Rumor that M. T. Thomas, our colonel, is enroute for F...

I got out lines of Virgil. A nice day. Collins scared about his drum. Gets up in a hurry for reveille. Lieut. Col. sick. SOURCE: Lewis C. ...

I studied Virgil and did my usual official duties. Could not make out much translation until after supper. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary...

Hot day and a hot night, but breezy and tolerable enough. Quite refreshing after the three days of suffocating sultriness we have just passe...

Last Friday to Great Barrington. . . . Left Great Barrington at ten-thirty this morning. Very chill and savage easterly rain storm. Solaced ...

FORT MOULTRIE, S.C., Oct. 24, 1844. My Dear Brother: . . . What in the devil are you doing? Stump speaking! I really thought you were too...

It has been a fine winter day. M. this morning stood at 12. Went to church with wife and boys. Heard a Mr Black of Covington K.Y. a near rel...

Slippery, misty, foggy day. Good skating for the boys this morning in the street. A general impression seems to prevail that that [sic] the ...

Cooler today, and quite windy, but did not freeze till night. Did not go to church today. Took care of the house while the rest of the famil...

Breaks camp early but wait to corderoy the road, move but 6 miles today 2/3 of the road had to be corded bfore the train could be taken acro...

I think my hospital can boast, just now, the happiest set of sick men I ever saw. I have now twenty-seven of them. This morning, as I was pr...

Hermosa mañana. Nothing unusual occurred this morning. I passed most of my time reading; still gaining in strength. SOURCE: Ephraim Shelby...

A. M. Inspection & Reading Articles of War to the company P. M. reading Fabiola, N. O. papers of 10th no news, this morning all the Gunb...

I had set myself to reading Maury's "Physical Geography of the Sea," after a long deferring; but now that he has come out as a...

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 ...

Spent this evening diligently cutting the leaves of Darwin’s much discussed book on The Origin of Species and making acquaintance with its ...

The day has been cold and blustery. We have spent it in reading tracts the chaplain gave out, writing letters and swapping yarns. I am new t...

No news yet. All quiet. Misty day, snow all gone, more mud. In the office as usual. Went down this evening and got the NY papers & Frank...

I rested well last night but had the most hideous dreams all night; Mrs. Brownnigg came in early this morning and asked me into her room; I ...

Got up this morning feeling pretty well and concluded to leave to-morrow; went up town and mailed a letter to my wife; saw Dr. Johnson and g...