Night verry high wind with incessant heavy rain, our canvas tents shelter us well from the storm but the storm of wind gave us some uneasine...

We moved about two hundred yards and encamped on the bank of the Tombigbee. Our wagons were brought out to us, loaded with corn, provisions ...

Yesterday the chaplain's tent for public worship came and this morning we were all gathered there and the chaplain was praying, when sna...

It rained hard last night and before the tents got soaked up enough water sifted through to wet our blankets and we hardly slept at all for ...

Two doctors came to take the place of Dr. Andrus and they have had plenty to do. For several days the weather has been hot, which opens the ...

Storm in night. sand wouldn't hold tent pins. get wet &c. day somewhat cool. Nothing unusual going on. 24 yr's old. SOURCE: “D...

Rather a pleasant day. Officers ordered to take to dog tents. G. Steenwyk joins company Lieut Sharman gone home with his mother. Lt Cory rec...

Crab Orchard, Ky.       Again has the note of preparation sounded in our camp, and all hands are busy getting ready for another campaign. In...

Hampton Roads. Great concentration of McClellan's army. Our battery has to give up the tents. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Ba...

Make out Muster Rolls. Co draws shoes & dog tents. Raining this evening. The balance of Regt get in a little before dark SOURCE: “Diar...

We had inspection at 1 o'clock. Col. Norton's tent burned today. SOURCE: Seth James Wells,  The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary...

Corinth. I walked up to the Battery, the farthest I had walked since my lameness. Saw the boys off; they left their tents standing, their kn...

Corinth. Learning that the Battery had gone to camp at Grand Junction, Tenn., Sergeant Hamilton was sent back to bring forward the baggage, ...

Nicholasville, Ky. We are again enjoying the quiet of camp life. Our miniature tents are pitched in regular order, streets are policed and b...

Crab Orchard, Ky. We arrived at 10 a. m., making ten miles from Lancaster this morning. Crab Orchard is a lovely town of about one thousand ...

Disembarked on a sandy ridge and pitched our tents. River very high and swift. Miserable place for a camp, surrounded on all sides by water....

Reached as far as we can go today, our progress being stopped by a large rebel fortification called Fort Pemberton, which is about two miles...

Hurrah for camp once more! Our tents are being sent ashore and a detail from each company goes to put them up. This began just at night and ...

We struck tents early, packed our effects as snugly as possible, and as on the preceding morning, shouldered our knaps. It rained during our...

I find vast trouble in doing justice to the sick, in consequence of the unwarrantable interference of military officers in matters of which ...