The water rose in the canal so that it ran up into our camp in the night. It washed away the trees that were rooted up yesterday. The channe...

Left Martinsburg to-day for Winchester, but halted and camped at Bunker Hill, eleven miles from Winchester. As soon as our battery halted, I...

Some men of the First Minnesota, and Corporal Butler, of our battery, took possession of Gregg's printing office, of "The Berryvill...

At Berryville. Marched by eight o'clock A. M. towards Winchester. When within two miles of the latter place, orders arrived for our divi...

The City is quite wild with Excitement today at the reported capture of Fort Donoldson with 15000 prisoners. It is not yet confirmed. We all...

Between Front Royal and Winchester, Va.           , June 21, 1863 . We are in the Valley of Virginia again and are now within ten miles of...

Left this morning at 5, marched through Winchester three miles, and halted. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier ,...

Berkeley County, Va.,           October 8, 1862. When I left Charlestown yesterday morning the weather was delightful and I felt so buoyan...

Berryville, Clark County, Va . ,           November 13, 1862 . Our brigade is now camped in the suburbs of Berryville and is doing picket ...

Cloudy and somber. We have authentic intelligence of the defeat of our forces under Gen. Early, near Winchester. Two generals, Rhodes and ...

Raining. Our loss, killed, wounded, and taken in the battle near Winchester, is estimated by our people at 2500. The enemy say they got 25...

The enemy achieved a small success in the vicinity of Winchester on the 22d, which will be duly magnified by the Northern papers into a bril...

Cloudy and warm; light shower at 3. P.M. Gen. Lee's dispatch, giving an account of a victory last Sunday, near Winchester, has diffuse...

A bright, warm day; snow turns to water and mud; mud everywhere! Rode into Winchester with Captain Abbott and Dr. Joe. Hastings in good plig...

CAMP NEAR WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, November 17, 1864. DEAREST: When I wrote last I was in some doubt whether this Valley campaign was ended o...

Camp Russell.  — Cavalry camp on our left broken up. Said to be gone to Stephenson's Depot, five miles north of Winchester. Rode out to ...

Snow on the mountains low down; ground frozen; "sky, chill and drear.” Rode with Roberts to Winchester and the battle-field, to where I...

CAMP AT CEDAR CREEK NEAR STRASBURG, VIRGINIA, October 21, 1864. MY DARLING:— We have had another important victory over General Early's ...

ORANGE COURT-HOUSE, May 4, 1864. General BRAXTON BRAGG: Reports from our lookouts seem to indicate that the enemy is in motion. The presen...

HEADQUARTERS SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION A. W. VA., CAMP NEAR FISHER's Hill, SOUTH OF STRASBURG, VIRGINIA, October 10, 1864. DEAREST:— I am...