The caissons went back into the woods; the left section of the battery went back to position on the other side of the ford. In afternoon we ...

Received two months' pay. Left camp at seven o'clock at night, in an awful rain-storm; marched through the mud, and arrived at Hartw...

Reveille sounded at half-past two A.M. Started from Hartwood Church at nine o'clock, and marched to Weaverville. Went into camp at seven...

In camp at Gum Springs all day. It began to rain in the morning, and rained all night. Left Gum Springs at four o'clock the next afterno...

To-day begins the Pennsylvania campaign. Reveille sounded at four A.M. Left camp at six o'clock. Marched through Leesburg, and crossed t...

Left camp at eleven A.M.; marched till nine P.M. The day was pleasant, but it rained during the night. Marched fifteen miles. SOURCE: John...

This is the gala week of spring. None of the early flowers have quite faded, and the apple trees are in full bloom, while elms and maples ar...

This morning about daylight we received orders to be ready to march at 8:30. All is bustle now getting ready. I have been to the spring for ...

Bright and clear, warm and pleasant. How well do I remember two short years ago today when we took a sleigh ride and made a regular family v...

Struck out tents early this morning and marched to Colliersville, a distance of seven miles from Lafayette and twenty-four from Memphis. As ...

Quite pleasant during the day, but it rained heavily all night. SOURCE: Seth James Wells,  The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Seth ...

I came off guard this morning. It rained very hard all the latter part of the night. Another boat load of troops came down last night, makin...

About six inches of snow fell last night and it has snowed all day. The citizens say it is the heaviest storm they have seen in a number of ...

Grand Junction, Tenn. It having rained during the night, the dust was converted to mud. Ate a breakfast of cold beef and bread, filled our c...

It is blustering weather, and my cat is beside me, lying on her  head , by the fire in my little tent. Everybody says that is "a sign...

Louisville, Ky. Again in Louisville—eleven hundred miles nearer home than one week ago and yet how far. Still, it is joy to feel I am compar...

Cincinnati, Ohio. We arrived here at 9:30 this morning. My day's work is, at last, completed, at 9 p. m. This has been a busy day. In fa...

We are still in camp, where each day is like the preceding one. The same routine of "duty" is gone through with, which, to me, is ...

We cannot as yet procure the full particulars regarding the battle of "Seven Pines" fought yesterday and to-day. As well as I can ...

Passed Roanoke on our right, about eight o'clock this morning; sea smooth and weather pleasant. Had a good breakfast of dried beef and w...