The following extract from a letter which I have just written to a friend, is the sum and substance of my thoughts, journalized for to-day. ...

I introduce the following letter to a friend, as sufficiently explicit as to the occurrences since the last date: CHAIN BRIDGE, VA., Sept....

Had some skirmishing to-day. Took some prisoners, who state that within twelve miles of us is the center of operations of about one hundred ...

Left camp at Lumpkins Mills at six o'clock this morning, the 72d in the advance. General Grant passed us while we were at a halt. I was ...

Commenced skirmishing early, falling back slowly; fought through Triune and beyond Mr. Perkins. Rained on us all day. After passing Mr. P...

Went out this morning to the end of the Wilkerson pike. Met the Yankees and skirmished with them all day, falling back gradually. Their cava...

Companies I, E and F, are now mounted—are now moving upon the war path as of old. The non-mounted portion of the regiment are in the advance...

This morning we cross the Ogeechee, and do not advance far until skirmishing commences; Company K is deployed forward, and Company H barrica...

Finds us across the Ogeechee, finds us before Savannah, finds us twelve miles from the sea. A defiant foe is before us disputing our advance...

HEADQUARTERS, 1st S. C. Vols., JACKSONVILLE, FLA.           March 12, 1863. 1 For once I have been so busy that I could not find time to n...

Left this morning at 5 o'clock. Only marched ten miles to-day. The enemy being in our rear, and skirmishing very strong. SOURCE: Louis...

Went back to our brigade this morning. Skirmishing very heavy on the left and center. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate...

News came to us to-day that Vicksburg had fallen on the 4th. Heavy skirmishing, fighting all day. Our brigade again acted as the rear of our...

Bright and quite cold. There was skirmishing yesterday evening on the Chickahominy. The armies are confronting each other, but Grant is ...

Clear and cold. Skirmishing all P. M. on our right. What does it mean? We don't want to fight any more battles this fall, but if we do w...

April 10, 1865. Our division moved north to-day along the Weldon railroad to Nahanta, where we crossed and took a main Raleigh road. Our 1...

THE BOYS' STORY. For the past day or two I have been a good deal amused and interested in hearing the boys relate their adventures at ...

Twenty-four miles southeast of Columbia, S. C., February 13, 1865. Made 18 miles to-day. Rear guard for the corps in the morning, but the 2d...

Columbia, S. C., February 17th. The 3d brigade of our division marched all night and worked all night before they could get a cable across...

Skirmishing still going on. In the evening we move our camp two miles forward, crossing the Mississippi line. We move with one hundred cartr...