Very pleasant. Smith's singing school. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865 , p. 9

I went to singing school. Organized a post lyceum, Capt. Rolla Banks, president. Question for next week: "Are Mankind Advancing Toward ...

Nashville, Tenn., Thursday Evening, April 7. The present week, thus far, has been to me, full of new and thrilling experiences. On Sabba...

Jerrolaman went out this afternoon and picked nearly a peck of blackberries. Berries of various kinds are very abundant. The fox-grape is al...

Relay House Station, on the Northern Central R. R. Just where that is I haven't yet found out. We stood up or laid down in the street fr...

A fine morning. I did not do anything in the afternoon. Singing in the tents in the evening. Court martial postponed. SOURCE: Lewis C. Pax...

I worked in Second Lieutenant Christ Berker's room by his permission. I commenced a letter to Howard Bell. We sang hymns in the evening....

The Fourth has passed off quietly in the little town of Buckhannon and in camp. At ten o'clock the Third and Fourth Regiments were rev...

Mr. Parker came last night, and is to be our chaplain. He is the one who preached for us at Hudson Camp Ground, and the one we asked to have...

Fine winter day. All goes well at camp. Shall call it Camp Hastings. Eve with Generals Crook [and] Duval and doctors at Mr. Thurston's. ...

Reinforcements still continue to come, and we still remain quiet. Why we do not move we cannot tell. Perhaps the General is waiting for all ...

Anna and I had a serenade last night from the Academy Glee Club, I think, as their voices sounded familiar. We were awakened by the music, a...

The New York State S. S. convention is convened here and the meetings are most interesting. They were held in our church and lasted three da...

Everybody came out to church this morning, expecting to hear Madame Anna Bishop sing. She was not there, and an " agent" made a “s...

I have been up at Laura Chapin's from 10 o'clock in the morning until 10 at night, finishing Jennie Howell's bed quilt, as she i...

Dr. Carr is dead. He had a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago and for several days he has been unconscious. The choir of our church, of whic...

January 9, 1863. This morning, the adjutant and I, with eight oarsmen, went down to Hilton Head in our surf boat. The distance cannot b...

Many of the young men are going from Canandaigua and all the neighboring towns. It seems very patriotic and grand when they are singing, “I...

I recited “Scott and the Veteran” today at school, and Mary Field recited, “To Drum Beat and Heart Beat a Soldier Marches By”; Anna recited...

WE ATTEND CHURCH. Today, for the first time since we left home, Chaplain James held services in a meeting-house. We occupied the large ...