the Sabath was cloudy but no rain And our recruits got in today and the number of them was 45 SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary o...

Camp Butler, Sagamon co Ills. Morning quite cool. Williams returned last night with 3 recruits. Co. now consists of 82 men rank and file. Ca...

Capt. Parkes arrived about 2 O'clock this morning with 18 men. 1861 SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for ...

VIRGINIA HAS SECEDED FROM THE UNION! Yes, to-day the Convention passed the Ordinance of Secession , though some of our best men signed it ...

Mr. Richardson reported at a meeting held by the Association, that he had obtained fifty-six excellent recruits since Thursday, all of them ...

HUDSON CAMP GROUNDS. I have enlisted! Joined the Army of Uncle Sam for three years, or the war, whichever may end first. Thirteen dollars pe...

Clear and pleasant. Cannon heard down the river. Mr. E. A. Pollard, taken by the Federals in an attempt to run the blockade last spring, h...

Return of Capt. Reynolds, with the Third Battery, afterwards Battery B, Rhode Island Light Artillery, and some recruits for ours. The newly ...

Col. Geary received three hundred additional men for his regiment. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode I...

Yesterday my brother-in-law, Jack Smith, came in as a recruit, and, to my great disappointment, brought me no letters. I am certainly the mo...

Bright and very cold. A storm has driven off a portion of the enemy's fleet before Wilmington. The raid toward Gordonsville and Char...

"Southward, ho! How the grand old war-cry Thunders over the land to-day, Rolling down from the eastern mountains, Dying in the west awa...

This morning everything is wet, for it rained hard all night. A fine introduction to the new recruits, though all seem cheerful. We soon mov...

Rained all night; clear and cool this morning. The government publishes nothing from Georgia yet; but it is supposed there is intelligence...

Bright and cold. Gen. Lee is in the city, looking after recruits, details, etc. Mr. Secretary Seddon appears to be in very high spirits ...

Clear and warm. The local troops did not march until this morning, and no one supposes Richmond is seriously menaced by Grant. I believe t...

As Tennesseans were then offering their services faster than the state was prepared to arm and equip them, it was after hard begging that Go...

HOSPITAL LIFE. Thus far I have been unable to discover any charms in hospital life. With fair health the active camp is far preferable. Th...

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,           Near Vicksburg, June 19, 1863. Hon. A. LINCOLN,           President of the United States...

HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,           Walnut Hill, June 2, 1863. Major-General GRANT,           Present: DEAR GENERAL: I would most...