Worcester , June, 1862 Mrs. Howell, of Philadelphia, a most attractive woman whom I met last year, is there [Princeton] already. She wr...

Spent the day in O. Thought of going to Wellington with Chester but he was out of town. Read most of the day. "Gotta Family" and ...

Dear Friend: I send the “Letter to a Young Contributor,” which will cover nine or ten pages. I am sorry to say that this household u...

You ask about the “Atlantic” — Fields will edit it, which is a great thing for the magazine; he having the promptness and business qualitie...

July 10, 1859 Dearest Mother: Emerson says, “To-day is a king in disguise”; and it is sometimes odd to think that these men and women...

Great snow storm. Six or eight inches. Read in Atlantic. Letter from home. No school. SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney,  War Diary Of ...

Quiet day in hut. Out to daily duties. Read Atlantic. Coates made Capt. in Colored Regt. yesterday. Snowing. SOURCE: Frances Andrews...

Worcester, June, 1859 I got home from Pennsylvania on Friday morning. Whittier was in the same region a month before me and he said, “G...

Was busy in the morning. Went to Q. M.'s and C. S.'s. Thought some of going to see John, but gave up the idea. Wrote home. Thede wr...

Took the inspected horses to Quartermaster Stone and turned them in — 79 to be receipted for by Lt. Spangler. Had a good bath. Read several...

Worked on the rolls. Read the papers and a little in Atlantic. SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney,  War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney , p...

Camp Maskell , December 14, 1862. Dearest :— Very glad to have a good letter from you again. Very glad indeed the bag is found — glad y...

Camp Maskell, near Gauley. — Ninth to twelfth bright, warm days; cold nights; snow scarcely melted at all on the north side of the hills. T...

Big scuffle with Rob yesterday. Makes me somewhat sore. Played a game of chess with John. Read the Atlantic which A. B. lent me. Called on ...

Camp Maskell, Near Gauley Bridge , December 5,1862. Dear Uncle : — I am enjoying myself here, looking after the new town we are buildin...

Finished Fannie's letter and mailed it. Pitched quoits awhile with Charlie Fairchild. Read in an old Atlantic. “Old Age and Hundred Day...

The Atlantic arrived this morning from the North vice the Arago transferred to New Orleans, and brought my books and my whiskey. I a...

Spent a portion of the afternoon at Fannie's. F. Henderson was there and we had a good time. Got home early and read in “Fantine” and v...

Got the rations up from the post Commissary, ready for issue the 10th. Was kept quite busy. Finished “ Canoe and Saddle ” and read in Janua...

Flat Top Mountain , July 6, 1862. Dearest : — Sunday afternoon about 4 P. M. — hotter than ever. I have just finished reading your lett...