I studied tactics and translated some Virgil. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865 , p. 12

Henry Selover and I recited tactics I translated some Virgil. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-186...

CAMP HASTINGS, March 18, 1865. DEAR Uncle: — I have very little care or responsibility. My command is exclusively a fighting command. I ha...

Clear Creek, Miss ., September 29, p. m. As we were studying tactics together, preparatory to a battalion drill, our brigade commander ...

Cleared during the night; ground covered with snow; weather fine; have been making out Lieut. Ezra Stetson's muster rolls; not with my ...

It has rained hard all day, but is not very cold. The mud is very deep. It's rumored that Governor Smith and Mr. Baxter are to be here ...

Quite a fine moon to-night — a little cloudy but no wind; froze quite hard last night; have had so much company all day it has been impossi...

Retired at 2 a. m. last night; learned by heart before retiring fifty pages in tactics; got up at 9 a. m. and went at it again; have conque...

It has been very muddy and dull in camp to-day; weather dark and gloomy: no dress parade; have written to Pert; also received a letter from...

Still the weather continues fine. There is not a cloud to be seen or a breath of air stirring, and yet it is quite a sharp morning. The Com...

From the New York Evening Post. There is throughout the whole Union north of the cotton states, an eager expectation of some decisive m...

Columbus N. Udell, son of Dr. Udell of the Senate, is a member of Col. Bussey’s Cavalry Regiment, and was in the late battle of Pea Ridge, ...

. . . edited by John Forsyth, is not any longer disposed to undervalue the power of the Government of the United States.   The tendency of ...

You have wondered whether the men wear their overcoats, knapsacks, haversacks, and carry their blankets, when going into battle.   That dep...