Colonel ——— to-day complains that I have too much force employed in the hospital, and says that he will cut it down. The regulations allow t...

We camped near Seneca Bridge, about twenty-five to thirty miles from Washington. The order cutting down baggage trains leaves us eight wagg...

Cairo.  We number now about 60 and have 25 days in which to fill up to 100. Two hundred and fifty of our regiment of three-months’ men hav...

camp Hicks, Near Frederick , December 15, 1861. Another bright, sunny Sunday; the regiment growing in grace, favor, and winter quarters...

camp Near Seneca , November 30, 1861. If anything were needed to assure my decision regarding a visit home, it could be found in the ex...

Having been an inmate in the hospital for three months, at my own request, I was allowed to join my company, located at Fort Marshall, east...

I went out about a half mile from camp to pick blackberries, and I picked a gallon of them and sold them to the hospital steward for $1.25....

Yesterday we paid a visit to the Hospital at this place.   We found there some seventy patients belonging to the 5th Iowa and 37th Illinois...

FORT HOLT, Ky., Jan. 23, 1862 The 7th Regiment reached Cairo last Saturday evening.   We found Cairo one big, deep quagmire.   Mud, mud...