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 ...

The River is full of Steam Boats for transporting troops down the River, probably to “Old Point”. It has rained incessantly and this evening...

Vicksburg is ours; Johnson defeated and his forces scattered; our work in Mississippi is performed, and we have taken up the line of march f...

Our transports have arrived, and we expect to leave this afternoon for Cairo. Some of our boys are very sick, and urge me to go with them on...

We struck tents yesterday morning and marched into Memphis, bivouacked on the wharf until dark and then embarked on board the steamer "...

On board transport "Platte Valley." We left Memphis on the 3rd as we supposed for Lake Providence, but when we got within twenty-f...

The past few days have been attended with some excitement in various ways. In the first place, there has been a "revival" among th...

The regiment bivouacked on shore that night and the men all seem better for it this morning. As the river is much wider, we made about twent...

Still on board transport, which laid up at night, not knowing what we might run into. SOURCE: Joseph Stockton,  War Diary (1862-5) of Brev...

Cairo, Ill., June 10th, 1863. We are now three hundred and sixty-six miles from Lebanon, which place we left at 3 p. m. of Sunday, and rea...

We are fairly packed on board a small transport; so thickly are we crowded in, it is almost impossible to stir; yet all will stir. Every man...

We are under marching orders again—ready to move at a minute's notice. The Ninth Army Corps is detached from the Army of the Potomac and...

Louisville, Ky. We did not go to Suffolk as I anticipated. Third Division went in our stead, while we took another direction, and in eight d...