Our shanties are completed, and we moved in yesterday. They are warm and dry, and cannot but affect the health of the men favorably. I recei...

Camp near Fredericksburg, Dec. 28th, 1862. The battle of Fredericksburg has been fought and—lost. We are now engaged in the laudable occup...

December 29th, 1862. As I was sitting by my cosy fire last evening—for we have evenings here, long, dreary ones—thinking of past events an...

In camp near Culpepper, Va.—Weather delightful. Rumors of marching tomorrow morning. Marching orders we have been expecting several days, bu...

Left our camp at sun-up, got five miles and halted in the woods. We have been detailed to run two sawmills, and we are now putting up winter...

We moved our camps from our picket posts seven miles from Orange Court House. On the turnpike from there to Fredericksburg, and commenced pu...

We commenced putting up winter quarters, and were hard at work up till the last of this month. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Co...

Camp near Rappahannock River, Culpeper County, Va., October 28, 1863. There was a cavalry fight across the river yesterday, and I am told th...

Camp near Fredericksburg, Va . ,           December 4, 1862. We traveled 175 miles from the Valley to this place in twelve days, and are n...

HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE,           Camp Calvert, near London, Ky., November 21, 1861. Hon. HORACE MAYNARD: DEAR SIR: The copy o...

We established a regular camp here. This last march has been a very hard one, and only a distance of thirty miles. But it took us from Wedne...

Nothing new. We have been fixing our camps. Our company has built log huts, from two to three feet high, and then put our tents over them-bu...

We commenced to put up winter quarters to-day. It is very cold and sleeting. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier ...

It commenced to snow this morning at 6 o'clock, and continued until one in the afternoon. It is three inches deep. We got some whiskey i...

We moved into our winter quarters. They are very good and strong. There are ten men in each hut. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel ...

CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, February 15, 1865. DEAR MOTHER: – We are jogging along in the usual style of a winter camp. The thing about us which...

CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, January 1, 1865. DEAREST:— We reached here last night. We shall build winter quarters and soon settle down. I shall ...

Revere House, Cumberland, Maryland. — A fine day. Rode to camp, out one mile north of railroad, east of town. Men all busy getting up huts. ...

CAMP HASTINGS, NEAR CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND,           January 8, 1865. DEAR UNCLE: – I am now in our winter camp. All things seem to be about ...

CAMP RUSSELL, VIRGINIA, December 18, 1864. Sunday morning before breakfast. DEAR MOTHER: — We have as yet received no orders as to winter qu...