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...

Throwing up breastworks all day, and we now are impatiently awaiting the enemy. Provisions are scarce; had a couple of hard crackers and a t...

Arrived at Bethel Church this morning about 9 A. M., and immediately set to work to get breakfast—such a breakfast: salt pork, black Rio cof...

General Nelson directs me to conduct the march so as to reach Savannah, Tenn., Monday, April 7, as we are not wanted there before that time....

The commissioners, appointed for the purpose, have agreed upon the following schedule of prices for the State of Virginia, under the recent...

Rested here in a piney woods until [today]. These woods reminded me of the hunting scenes I had enjoyed in Texas before the war. I noticed ...

Raleigh, Virginia , March 22, 1862. Dearest : — Your letters, 13th and 15th, reached me yesterday. Also the gloves and [percussion] cap...

camp Near Darnestown , Monday, September 2, 1861, Supply Train Camp. I have got a chance at pen and paper in the Commissary's off...

Up very early this morning and on the march. A hot, muggy morn. After being under way about two hours, we could hear in the distance the po...

I LEFT home at 7 A. M., satchel in hand, crossed the ferry, and soon arrived at the armory. It was already filled with men of the regiment ...