Camp at Darnestown. The battery received three new guns in the afternoon. Lieut. J. G. Hassard, having joined our battery, at Darnestown, co...

Our first morning in camp. We were rudely awakened and dragged from our bunks at six o’clock, very few being used to such early hours, excep...

Received two letters to-day, one from home and one from my brother Pincus, who went to Washington on his way to visit Morris and myself, as ...

THE STORM OVER. The great storm has at last subsided and the sun once more shines out. All the bands are out playing, everything is put...

WE ARRIVE AT NEW YORK. We left Worcester about 5 o'clock last evening. Arriving at Norwich, we went aboard the large and splendid S...

It is now said that Meade's army has not retired, and that two corps of it have not been sent to Rosecrans. Well, we shall know more so...

I suppose we must be moved again, from all reports. Savannah is threatened by Union troops, and we are to be sent to Millen, Ga. Am sorry, ...

Lieut. Davis commands the prison in Savannah. Is the same individual who officiated at Andersonville during Wirtz's sickness last summe...

Mike traded off the gold rings for three pecks of sweet potatoes and half a dozen onions; am in clover. Make nice soup out of beef, potatoe...

Arrowroot soup or whatever you may call it; don't like it; makes me sick. Priest spoke to me. Cross and peevish and they say that is a ...

A priest gave me some alum for my sore mouth. Had a piece of sweet potato, but couldn't eat it. Fearfully weak Soup is all I can eat, a...

Marine Hospital , Savannah, Ga. — A great change has taken place since I last wrote in my diary. Am in heaven now compared with the past. A...

Trade off my rations for some little luxury and manage to get up quite a soup. Later .—Sanders sent in to us a quite large piece of fresh b...

Anything good to eat lifts me right up, and the beef soup has done it. The beef critter is a noble animal. Very decided exchange rum...

Had some soup. Not particularly worse, but Rowe is, and Sanders also. SOURCE: John L. Ransom,  Andersonville Diary , p. 92

Had some good soup, and feel better. All is done for me that can be done by my friends. Rowe and Sanders in almost as bad a condition as my...