It is half-past eight o'clock, and we are still but eight miles from Clarksburg. We were informed this morning that the secession troops...

HDQRS. FIRST DIVISION DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO,           Somerset, Ky., January 31 , 1862 . CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that in car...

General Zollicoffer now had with him. six and a half regiments of infantry, a six-pounder battery of eight guns, and McNairy's, Branner&...

Camp Reynolds, Near Gauley Bridge , January 12, 1863. Dear Uncle : — Yours of the 6th came duly to hand. The death of Magee is indeed a...

Tuscumbia, Ala., August 14, 1862. Things are progressing here swimmingly. Seldom have more than two bridges burned in the same night, o...

Camp Maskell , December 14, 1862. Dearest :— Very glad to have a good letter from you again. Very glad indeed the bag is found — glad y...

Brigadier General Robert L. McCook and Colonel Daniel McCook, Jr.: A Union Army Dual Biography By Wayne Fanebust The dramatic...

Camp Green Meadows , August 12, 1862. Dear Uncle : — I write merely to say that I have concluded to accept [the] colonelcy of the Seven...

Camp Green Meadows , August 10, 1862. Dearest Lute : — All your names are sweet. “Lu” is good; I always think of the girls at Platt’s s...

Am planning an expedition to go to Salt Well and destroy it; also to catch old Crump if he is at home. Jacobs, Company G, a scout, went up ...

Fayetteville, Western Virginia , January 28, 1862. Dear Brother William : — The excellent glass has reached me. It is all I could ask. ...

[ fayetteville ], January 28, 1862. Tuesday A. M. — before breakfast. Dear Lute : — I am getting impatient to be with you. I have sen...

A lovely winter day, frozen in the morning, warm and thawing before noon. Inspected with Adjutant Avery the quarters; creditably clean. Fee...

A little warm rain last night: cloudy and threatening rain in morning; turned off bright and clear. Had a good drill after evening parade. ...

Rode up to Captain Mack's (Regular-army artillery officer) ten miles up N[ew River] and near our old Camp Ewing. Business: To appraise ...

Camp Ewing. — A wet disagreeable morning. Anticipating hasty movements — expeditions without baggage against the enemy and the like — I yes...

Camp Ewing , November 5, 1861. Tuesday morning. Dearest Lucy : — . . . We are having stirring times again. The enemy on the other sid...

Camp Ewing. — Six hundred and fifty-seven present for duty; sixty-nine sick. Total strength nine hundred and thirty-six. Absent one hundre...

Camp Ewing up New River. — Cold and clear; rain probably over. My boy's birthday — eight years old. It was such a morning as this eight...

Tompkins Farm. — Smoky, foggy, and Indian-summery in the morning; clear, warm, and beautiful in the afternoon. I rode up to the regiment at...