Started at eight A.M., and marched through Sharpsburg, and went into camp on the outskirts of the town, which was very much riddled with sho...

Went into battery on the banks of the Potomac. In the mean time the first brigade of the first division went across the river to reconnoitre...

Maryland Heights, Va., September 21st, 1862. Toward evening of the 13th we left Frederic City and marched out on the National Turnpike tow...

Charlestown, Jefferson County, W. Va.,           September 24, 1862. I have not written to you in three or four weeks, because there has b...

Berkeley County, Va.,           October 8, 1862. When I left Charlestown yesterday morning the weather was delightful and I felt so buoyan...

CAMP NEAR SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND, Tuesday evening, July 26, 1864.  DEAREST: — We reached here today after two nights and one day of pretty sev...

Rained last night. Thunder heavy. Moved through Sharpsburg and over the Antietam battle ground. Turned towards Williamsport and camped thre...

HEADQUARTERS NINTH ARMY CORPS, Mouth of Antietam, September 23 , 1862 . SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the m...

[Sharpsburg, Maryland.] We all expect to be on our way back in a few days. There is much dissatisfaction at the prospect of returning ...

Renewed our march soon after sunrise. Got some biscuit for lunch. Drake and I rode together some again. Got into Sharpsburg a little after ...

While Jackson was doing his work, McClellan, who has been restored to command, marched at the head of 100,000 men to the rescue of Harper&#...

Fairfax Station , January 6, 1863. We have at last moved into a new camp, and are situated very comfortably; the men have good log hous...

Bivouac Near Fairfax Station, December 15, 1862. I will take the opportunity of a few hours' respite from marching, to let you kn...

Camp Near Sharpsbitrgh, Md., November 2, 1862. You see at once that our position is changed, although we are still on the Maryland si...

SAMUEL BRECK PARKMAN, son of Samuel Breck Parkman, was born on the Sand-hills, near Augusta, Ga., the summer residence of his father, 1 Nov...

Maryland Heights , September 26, 1862. In my last letter, I wrote that we had orders to march the next morning. Our whole corps was rou...

Maryland Heights , September 21, 1862. To go back a little; last Sunday, we marched through Frederick, almost the last corps of McClell...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Bolivar, September 15 , 1862 – 8. 45 a.m. Major-General FRANKLIN: GENERAL: We have met with a co...

Probably the most desperate battle of the war was fought last Wednesday near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Great loss on both sides. The Yankees cl...

Camp Stampede, Maryland Heights, Tuesday Evening, August 20, 1861. A soldier's life is always gay! Yesterday, Colonel Andrews an...