No marching orders yet this morning & as our teams had all been called for during the night & sent back to the landing for supplies ...

Were waked up at daylight & most of the men had made coffee when the Regt. was ordered on board the Gulf Steamer. Genl Banks, Genl Grang...

Revelie at 4. a. m. Div on the road at 6. Lt Cooper tells us our destination is the mouth of the Tombigbee distant about 30 miles. We leave ...

Revelie at 3. Genl. at 4. column moves at 5. 33d in the rear. co. G. in the wagon train. very warm roads tolerably good. At 2½ P. M. leave t...

Quiet all night, a little shower about Midnight. As I was not notified that we would march today lay in bed until late. Our Nigger Charlie b...

Inspection at 9. A. M. Lt Hook comes to the Regt with the sad intiligence of the Assassination of President Lincoln & Sec Seward which i...

By 6. a. m. all ready march to the river descend at a steep bluff. was possible to get down but impossible to get up if up was the word, wer...

Friday, it rained very hard last night, & is still raining this morning. We are under marching orders, Tis said we are to accompany the ...

Warm and rainy. I arose before roll call and took a walk down to the levee. Vegetation is starting rapidly. Peach trees are just in bloom, a...

We had a hard storm last night, with heavy thunder. This afternoon some miserable fellows set fire to some buildings, among them a church. S...

Working parties return at daylight at which time the ball opens again The Enemy were reinforcing last night from Mobile, a little bolder ...

We had a big thunderstorm last night. Part of McClernand's forces came up on the transports this afternoon. The supposition is that all ...

Left Petersburg last evening with a force of some 1,000 or 1,200 men, on a scouting expedition into Prince George county, where the Federals...

I was on guard supernumerary in the daytime and stood beyond Wolf Creek at night. instructions to be ready at 6:30 o'clock in the      T...

We started at sunrise as on the preceding morning. The wind blew quite strong, making it difficult for some of the smaller boats to keep up....

Received orders to hold ourselves ready to strike tents and go on board transports. We are all sadly disappointed at not having a chance at ...

Four companies of the 72d with the 4th Minnesota on board the steamer "Pringler"—the balance of the regiment with an Ohio battery ...

The Yazoo Pass expedition has ended and boats all back. Our return was monotonous, as we all felt dispirited at our failure. There was great...

Laid up last night on account of a very heavy storm, the officers of the transport being afraid to run in such a storm, being so deeply load...

Went into camp, and a hard place it is; wood scarce and "water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink," except the Mississippi ...