Very cloudy; marched nearly to Louisa Courthouse; our men are much jaded. SOURCE: William S. White,  A Diary of the War; or What I Saw of ...

Rained hard all night, but I managed to get under a wagon and it interfered but little with my rest. SOURCE: William S. White,  A Diary of...

For the last two days we have had no drill out of doors, and very little guard. It has rained steadily. The "Dudley Buck" arrived ...

Rain, and nothing but rain; only the cleanest companies relieved, and we caught it again, and some of us are checked as extra guard. And now...

It has cleared up and is quite cold. We sent off a large mail this morning. Last night we came very near having our barracks destroyed. The ...

There has been nothing worthy of mention since the last date, excepting the heavy rain, till last night, when we had an opera, "Il Recr...

Camp Warren, Sept. 15th, 1861 It is now a little more than a week since I was with you, Although it is but a short time It seems to me abo...

Night verry high wind with incessant heavy rain, our canvas tents shelter us well from the storm but the storm of wind gave us some uneasine...

Rain. Continued untill past midnight. We drilled in manuel of arms from 11 Oc to 12 Ос SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator,  Annals of Iowa ...

Clear & Pleasant with frogs jumping about the ponds. This place, Hellena is almost impassible for persons on foot, this day at 10 Oc I s...

Morning clear & cold with heavy frost & ice on the little ponds thick as heavy window glass Capt drilled the Co & I attended to ...

Rained moderately untill 12 Oc night, when it commenced to pour it down in torrants & continued incessantly all the night long At 9½ Oc ...

At 11 Oc forenoon we ware relieved from our post & started in rejoicing in hopes of getting to the fire & dry ourselves for we had n...

At midnight last night it commenced to sleet & continued for about 12 hours then commenced snowing in earnest & continued to snow ha...

Terrible rain; it swelled the stream to a river. The stockade fell in several places. On the east side through the swamp about eight rods fe...

Soldiers and negroes are rebuilding the fallen wall. Prisoners stand at a distance often shouting: "That is good for you, Rebs"; ...

One of the most famous snow storms of this country. Norton and I spent the evening together. Washing, 20. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary ...

Thirty-two below zero. I mended my moccasins, Battalion drill. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-18...

Twenty-one below zero. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865 , p. 12

I finished my letter to W. J. Hawn. The saw mill once more under way, and broke down. A threshing wind. Military school. SOURCE: Lewis C. ...