Today we enjoyed the first warm, clear day for more than two weeks, the snow having entirely disappeared. Our fleet continued all day witho...

COLONEL, TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY. Thomas Hart Benton, Jr., is a nephew of the celebrated American statesman and author, whose name, at his unc...

FIRST COLONEL, TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. William E. Miller, the original colonel of the 28th Iowa Infantry, is a Pennsylvanian by birth, and w...