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 ...

Our camp equipage came up to-day, so that we are now in our own tents. Four of my companies are on picket, scattered up the valley for mil...

Started at two P.M., and marched about two miles, and went into camp. This is known as the "mud march." It rained very hard all ni...

Rienzi.   Another day dawned without any orders. Some of the boys pitched their tents. I went out foraging in the afternoon. SOURCE: Jenki...

Once more we are on the wing. Yesterday morning we were ordered to be ready to march when called on. Of course, the men do not expect to sta...

We had a verry heavy rain before day wett us in our tents I mustered the company & took them out on Dress perade evening I took I. Spoon...

We have now at this point eight pieces of artillery and three thousand men. Sent to Yorktown for eight days' rations and our tents. Th...

Details sent out to get all the provisions possible and return by 12 o'clock. I went to town, but did not get my horse shod, met the com...

The battery left Muddy Branch, with the understanding to go into winter-quarters near Poolesville. We were told that we should have many d...

Roll call as usual at 5½ O'clock Inspection of men & tents at 9 o'clock by the Col. & Lt. Col Pass granted to 8 men to visit...

On the high land overlooking the Potomac, about six or seven miles above the Navy Yard at Washington, we have, since our arrival here, throw...