Warm and cloudy. Gen. Weitzel publishes an order to-day, requiring all ministers who have prayed for the President of the Confederate Stat...

Raining. Long trains of "supply" and "ammunition" wagons have been rolling past our dwelling all the morning, indicati...

Bright and cool. Gen. Weitzel and his corps having been ordered away, Major Gen. Ord has succeeded to the command at Richmond, and his cor...

Bright and clear. I add a few lines to my Diary. It was whispered, yesterday, that President Lincoln had been assassinated! I met Gen. Duf...

Yesterday windy, to-day bright and calm. It appears that the day of the death of President Lincoln was appointed for illuminations and rej...

During the past month the right section done picket duty once on the Potomac. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regim...

The left section relieved the right section to-day. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Art...

Received the news of the surrender of Fort Henry. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artil...

General Stone was arrested to-day. General Sedgwick takes his command. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rho...

The centre section relieved the left section at Conrad's Ferry. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode ...

Considerable picket firing. Captain Owen opened with his twenty-pound Parrott guns, from Edwards Ferry, on Fort Beauregard. Kept up firing f...

One of the pickets of the Thirty-fourth New York, shot the rebel officer of the day, passing the picket line alongside the river. SOURCE: ...

Heavy firing in the direction of Drainesville. Snow-storm. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Li...

Official news of the taking of Fort Donelson. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery...

We (centre section) were relieved from picket duty by the right section, Lieutenant J. G. Hassard. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of B...

Camp Wilkes. The rebels fired salutes in honor of Washington's birthday. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Battery A, First Regime...

The rebels opened with their artillery, the first time during the winter, demolishing a government wagon. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Dia...

Orders came in the afternoon to get ready to march the coming day. New knapsacks were issued, and rations kept ready for three days. Great t...

Sedgwick's division left Poolesville at eight o'clock, A. M. Marched through Barnesville, and after several unsuccessful attempts to...

Marched at seven o'clock A. M. Arrived at Adamstown by eleven o'clock A. M. General Banks was at Harper's Ferry already. Troops ...