It was so cold we did not drill any this day Emma & I visited the hospitals & tryed to Comfort the suffering evening Emma Amandus ...

Scalding heat during forenoon; heavy showers follow. Water is running through camp like a flood. Prisoners reported missing, rations suspend...

Heavy showers all day to near evening. The ground is soaked; thousands walk or lay in mud without covering unless they are among those who h...

A cold rain continued during the night. What would the good folks at home say could they see this camp this cool, wet morning—men lying in t...

Northeast storm badly affects weak men. I know of twenty who since yesterday have sunk to utter helplessness; others have died within a few ...

I worked as usual. Very blustery. Snow squall. Fixed up our mess room with canvas, dirt, etc. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of Lewis C. ...

I wrote off Gough's Apostrophe to Water. Small snow. John R. Goodenough, Carr and Harrison in my office telling fortunes. SOURCE: Lewi...

Mail arrived, 8 for me. Snowy. S. V. Carr gone to Breckenridge. Sent a letter and Indian scalp to father. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary ...

Thank Heaven, we can soon move out of the city, having received orders to go into camp near division headquarters, Weather very bad, rain an...

Left camp on the 16th on a scout to hunt up Blythe's forces. Orders came upon us suddenly to prepare two days rations and go in light ma...

My tent is on the bank of the Valley river. The water, clear as crystal, as it hurries on over the rocks, keeps up a continuous murmur. Th...

New Year’s Day. God prosper the New Year to those I love. Church with Ellie and Johnny; an effective sermon by Higby. Thereafter we took a c...

With Ellie to the Artists’ “Reception” in Dodworth’s Rooms; a vast crowd. Discovered Mrs. D. C. Murray and Mrs. John Weeks, General Dix, Wen...

Something has happened. Last night, just as we were settling down for the night, orders came for a move. Dr. Andrus came round looking us ov...

Snow going fast. A day more like May than November. Hear the regiment is on a vessel off shore waiting for something, I don't know what....

WE are nearly out of sight of land. Wild ducks and geese cover the water. The sun is just coming up, and seems to me I never saw such a love...

I went out piruting again to-day. Wagons got in to-day. I was put on Camp Guard; roots for being out. Soon after dark a detail was called fo...

Came through Shelbyville to-day. Commenced raining on us just as we got to town and continued. Came out on road to Beech Grove, ten miles, a...

Still raining. Went over to Mr. Hancock's, intending to cross Wartrace at a bridge above but gave it out as it was pouring down rain. Fo...

The 26 day of May was a nice one but about 12 oclock in the night it comenced raining very hard And about 1 oclock we was rousted up and did...