After some trouble we managed to get to bed last night about eleven o'clock; but for a long time after that the mules kept us awake; per...

Marched twenty-three miles today. For the first time since I have been in the South have I seen the Stars and Stripes waved from a house. An...

We worried through the dismal, wet night, and morning found us hungry again, so we scattered. Our breakfasts were picked up here and there, ...

Camp near Moss Neck, Va.,           May 9, 1863. On Saturday morning (the 2d inst.) I received an order to ship the wounded to Richmond, s...

 Marched on, passed through Leesburg, Canada, Hockinsville, and Centerville, all small villages. We got to Carlisle, Pa., at sundown. Marche...

Head Quarters, Dept. of the Ten.           Vicksburg Miss. July 15th 1863. Maj, Gen. J. B. McPherson,           Comd.g 17th Army Corps. GEN...

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 44.} HDQRS. FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,           Walnut Hills, Miss., June 9, 1863. To prevent communication between the enem...

Near Vicksburg June 17th 1863. Maj. Gen. Sherman To build the detached works spoken of in your note of last evening I see no way but to div...

Before daylight under cover of a heavy fog Rebels attacked the left. Colonel Thoburn's First Division was overwhelmed. His adjutant, Lie...

Five miles northeast of Cheraw, S. C., March 6, 1865. Crossed the Peedee this morning. Just after we passed through the town a 12th Indiana ...

Left here at 6 P.M., marched nine miles, and halted for dinner. Our company being rear guard of the brigade, we had a hard time of it, as th...

November 28, 1864.  Made a dozen miles to-day through the thickest pine woods I ever saw. There is no white or yellow pine here; it is all p...

October 12, 1864. Last night while our train was passing through Cassville, a town four miles south of Kingston, an ambulance gave out a...

Rained all last night, and has just suspended for a few minutes, I expect. Kept dry, thanks to our rubber blankets. Drew five days' rat...

MILES ON ROAD FROM MICKEY'S TO CORINTH,      April 8 , 1862 — 7 . 30 a.m. [General BEAUREGARD:] MY DEAR GENERAL: Our condition...

May 23, 1864. Weather is getting very hot. We have made 21 miles today, and the distance, heat and dust have made it by far the hardest...

Gen. Rosser attacked 1st Conn. on reconnoissance. 2nd Ohio charged to help them. Both driven back after several charges, in some confusion....

Followed up, picking up stragglers. Halted near Front Royal. SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney,  War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney , p. ...

Camp White , April 5, 1863. Dearest : — The weather is good, our camp dry, and everybody happy. Joe has got a sail rigged on his large ...

Troops still passing. Various rumors as to the position of Burnside in Knoxville. Got breakfast. 2nd O. V. C. came along. Nearly 20 ate wit...