Marshfield, Green Harbor, September 15, 1851.           Monday morning, eight o'clock. MY DEAR FRIEND, — Since I wrote you last, I have ...

Very snowy. The Sibley D. T. relief train arrives with news of the fall of Vicksburg. Rumor that M. T. Thomas, our colonel, is enroute for F...

Three dog trains arrived, one from Pembina, one from Goose River and Georgetown. I finished burlesque, 23 pages. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, ...

Nothing of special importance occurred except the arrival of train and last supplies from Alexandria and mail. D. Phelps, Co. D, Seventh Min...

Regt in line to move at 6. Rec orders to wait. At 12. I am sent with a detail to corderoy the road. The train all stuck in the mud. men pull...

Fatigue party goes out at 5. a. m. to unload boats. spend A. M. going to the Commissary for grub, and writing. P. M. go with Lt Loughridge t...

Genl Smiths corps commences moving at daylight; go out to see them pass; we rec orders to drill from 10. to 11. A. M. This order is counterm...

Twenty-four above zero. Train left. Lieut. Larned left. Very stormy and blustery. Capt. and Lieut. Marsh returned. Clarke lost in the snow s...

Train left. Quite blustery in the morning. I moved into the former office of Major Day. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of Lewis C. Paxson...

Train did not leave for Breckenridge. Clarke found. A very warm day. I cleared the portico of snow and ice. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diar...

7 Oc Amandus Mullen & I took the cars for St. Louis arived 8 we then went to the arsenal & to[ok] a view of all the preparations the...

Between daylight and sunup about twelve hundred Federal cavalry surrounded Booneville, a. small village station on the Mobile and Ohio Railr...

Very little mail Belle Ve Dere starts A. М. at 2 P. M. our Regt on board the Izetta to cross to depot. drop 4 miles below, & return to d...

Corinth. We were again disappointed, the train leaving us behind and nothing to do but wait another twenty-four hours. In the afternoon E. W...

Warm and cloudy. At work in office in forenoon. At 5½ P M started to Decatur to attend Republican State Convention in company with quite a n...

our Regt left thar and marched up toward Gordensvill And I was not able to go with them so they excused me and started me back to the Hospit...

we got on the cars about 8 oclock and got to the Hospital about 11 And then I staid at the Hospital untell the 2 day of September SOURCE: ...

I taken the cars at Richmond and got as far as Gordensvill the first day SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone,  The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Mal...

we rode on the cars as far as Rapadan River and Bridg was burnt thar and then we had to walk from thar to our Regiment And it was 115 miles ...

We left Harper's Ferry in the morning. During the afternoon, the battery was loaded on railroad cars at Sandy Hook. The train started by...