We have a splendid camping ground, plenty of wood and water, Made ourselves very comfortable. I feel so much better here where we can have b...

We encamped in a corn field last night, completely exhausted; in the middle of the night it commenced to rain but I slept through it until I...

A bright frosty morning. This day I am fifty-five years of age. It is now reported that Gen. Early made his escape, and that most of his...

The guard was relieved early, and at seven A.M. we fell into line with the regiment, marching across the town to Fort Totten, where we joine...

Still rainy. When I awoke this morning I lay in water; no shelter, no wood; consequently I am wet all day. All the wood we have is green bru...

Marched into Memphis, encamped in the southern part of the city near Fort Pickering—one of the meanest places we ever encamped in, no water ...

Still at our camp of the 6th inst., with plenty of wood and abundance of good spring and lake water; no improvement in the rations. Yesterda...

Osaco Lake. Cheese 25c. Came ̧ from Sauk Center to Alexandrian forest. Fuss about dinner. Attempt to arrest one of the Third—failure. We joi...

Bright and beautiful, and pleasantly frosty. Gen. Sherman is advancing as usual in such dubiety as to distract Gen. Hardee, who knows not wh...

The report that the United States Government had appointed commissioners to meet ours is contradicted. On the contrary, it is believed that ...

Clear, but rained last night. From the South we learn that Sherman is marching on Branchville, and that Beauregard is at Augusta. The gr...

Clear and cold. No further news from the iron-clad fleet that went down the river. Beef is selling at $8 per pound this morning; wood at...

Went up to Atchafalaya last night where we threw off our cotton and took on wood. This is a bright, sunny morning, though rather cool. I hav...

Cloudy and cool. The news that Goldsborough, N. C., had been taken is not confirmed. Nor have we intelligence of the renewal of the assault ...

Last night we tied up at the mouth of Red river, and this morning found our boat aground; but, after several hours' work, got her safely...

We had to stop and take on wood this morning, and that let the Indianola get a start on us, but we are in sight again. She is around a sharp...

Wet, dark, and dismal. Quiet below. In Congress, Mr. Staples, of Virginia, unfortunately exhibited a statement obtained from the Bureau of...

Near Petersburg, Va.,           October 25, 1864. I have a bright fire this morning. There is a nice chimney to my tent, which makes it al...

Bright and beautiful. Some firing was heard early this morning on the Darbytown road, or in that direction; but it soon ceased, and no fig...

Hot and dry. I hope there will be a rain-cloud this evening. No war news, except a letter from Gen. Lee, indicating that Gen. Morgan is pr...