No particular news today. The streets are in a wo[e]ful condition but the boys who are anxious to gain a penny — keep the crossings in toler...

The City is quite wild with Excitement today at the reported capture of Fort Donoldson with 15000 prisoners. It is not yet confirmed. We all...

Rain all day, roads and crossing are in a horrible condition. The news looks favorable for further Victories to be heard of before long. The...

Morning drizzly, over to Amb. C. & to see Lt Sharman who is better before day. Regt to St Johns Square at 9 a. m. all there at 11.30 and...

Morning clear & cold with 3 inches of snow. off at 7.15 walking tolerable. teams sticks. P. M. bad bottom roads very bad camp at 1. P. M...

Night cold, off at 7.30. Regt in rear roads very bad. Camp at dark in a wet swamp. marched 12 miles SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Comp...

Cold. off at daylight. road tolerable in Pine Bluffs at 12. camp at 1.30 1½ mile from town 40th Ia reported at the Rocks, and boats captured...

Night cold. ice 2 inches off. at 7. road bad 4 miles slow. rest of march fast. 1 pris. taken. 25 Rebs seen by scout. Make 12 miles. troops f...

Not so cold. prospect of rain, road muddy, marching hard. Mount Ebby at 2. P. M. camp at river at 3.30, after marching 18 miles, from Cav in...

Column moved at 7. Roads bad & marching very heavy. pass through Pine Bluffs at 1. P. M. camp 2 miles from town. The cavalry rec marchin...

July 5th, 1863. We have moved about one and one-half miles today. No doubt our northern friends think they have seen dusty roads, but if t...

Thank Heaven, we can soon move out of the city, having received orders to go into camp near division headquarters, Weather very bad, rain an...

Left camp on the 16th on a scout to hunt up Blythe's forces. Orders came upon us suddenly to prepare two days rations and go in light ma...

This is the fourth day that Captain Cunard's company has been lying in the woods, three miles from camp, guarding an important road, alt...

We marched seven miles this morning, and, while resting several hours, cleaned out a corn-field near by. Started again, and again halted to ...

Started at half-past seven, marched about two miles, went into camp in the woods, stopped two days and two nights. The roads were so muddy t...

The infantry was at work all day, corduroying the roads for the army to go back. SOURCE: John Lord Parker,  Henry Wilson's Regiment: H...

Left Parker's Bluff at 2 o'clock; roads very muddy and one balky horse to contend with. The driver insisted that he would do very we...

After some trouble we managed to get to bed last night about eleven o'clock; but for a long time after that the mules kept us awake; per...

We encamped in a corn field last night, completely exhausted; in the middle of the night it commenced to rain but I slept through it until I...