More than ever do I feel the importance to our cause of preventing the Commonwealth from passing into the hands of Webster Whiggery. This, o...

April 17. Last night our Colonel forgot the importance of his present position and visited the wreck of the George Washington. He saw how ...

April 19. Yesterday the rebels at the Ferry made arrangements for Col. Higginson to meet General [W. S.] Walker this morning under a flag ...

May 10. Capt. Rogers performed a deed on the 8th ins't for which he will always rejoice. The causeway at the Ferry extends out into th...

May 22. After all it seems the doubters are justified; Hooker is on the wrong side of the Rappahannock. But you will be glad to know that ...

April 7. Some of you can imagine how heartily I enjoyed the morning gallop from station to station, to look after our soldiers. They endur...

No. 1. Report of Col. John D. Rust, Eighth Maine Infantry. HILTON HEAD, S.C., April 2 , 1863 . COLONEL: I have the honor to make the ...

March 23. The 8th Maine arrived today and I am sorry that Colonel [John D.] Rust 1 ranks our Colonel. _______________ 1 He, however, a...

HEADQUARTERS C. S. FORCES,            Camp near Jacksonville , March 17, 1863. Colonel HIGGINSON,           Commanding at Jacksonville: I...

HEADQUARTERS, 1st S. C. Vols., JACKSONVILLE, FLA.           March 12, 1863. 1 For once I have been so busy that I could not find time to n...

March 14, Evening. A curious incident occurred this morning which gave me a full hundred (from both regiments) sick and wounded to examine...

March 16, Evening. The second floors of the warehouses on Bay street make capital quarters for our troops. The rebels burned many of the s...

March 19. The provost marshal and major have been very busy today, escorting the rebel women and children to their friends. Major Strong t...

March 2, Evening. John Quincy (Co. G) came and asked me today if I would “send up North” for a pair of spectacles for him, “for common eye...

STEAMER Boston, March 6. Yesterday, at four P. M. the last tent was struck and we began to move down the river at eight this evening. 1 L...

STEAMER Boston Mouth of St. John's River,           March 8, 1863. Waiting, waiting, waiting, with thermometer at 80° F. this bright Su...

February 5. Lieut. [James B.] O'Neil informed me today that during the eight years of his military life in Texas, Utah and in the presen...

February 12, Evening. Tonight the tree toads sing in the adjoining grove and sounds of life are everywhere. The day has been like one in m...

February 16, 1863. Our Colonel [General] has been down to Hilton Head today and reported Brig. Gen. Stephenson under arrest and to be sent t...

January 27, 1863. I appropriated the mess-room for operations and the officer's berths to receive the wounded. Fortunately we had though...