March–Nothing new. It is the same gloomy and discouraging news from the South, and gloomy and discouraging in prison.

February–The smallpox is frightful. There is not a day that at least twenty men are taken out dead. Cold is no name for the weather now. They have given most of us Yankee overcoats, but have cut the skirts off. The reason of this is that the skirts are long and if they left them [...]

January–Nothing, only that I fear that our cause is lost, as we are losing heavily, and have no more men at home to come to the army. Our resources in everything are at an end, while the enemy are seemingly stronger than ever. All the prisoners in Northern prisons, it seems, will have to stay [...]

November 7–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 into camp, which tasted very good and made us forget the cold. The balance of this month passed off very quietly. We are hard at work on our winter [...]

November 6–We commenced to put up winter quarters to-day. It is very cold and sleeting.

November 5–There is nothing for me to write. To-day Wortheim and myself went to Petersburg to get a box that was sent from home, and while there we had a very good time.

October–This month passed off with nothing new, except Katz returned on the 7th, and Donau was discharged. We are still on our old camp.

September 27–Up to to-day nothing new, only today is my New Year (the Jewish New Year).

September 23–Left here this morning at 10 o’clock and got to our old camp at 4 o’clock this evening. This expedition was to strengthen Longstreet’s forces near Suffolk. We got there after he was relieved and the siege of Suffolk abandoned.

September 22–We laid here all day. Cars came for us from Petersburg to-night and took us back. Got there at 12 at night, marched one mile and camped for the night.

September 21–Left here at 6 P.M., marched nine miles, and halted for dinner. Our company being rear guard of the brigade, we had a hard time of it, as the roads are very muddy and we had to keep up all the stragglers. We reached Wakefield at 5 A.M., and laid in the woods and [...]

September 20–Resumed our march at 6 o’clock this morning. Arrived at Blacks Church after three hours’ march, then turned about and tramped nine miles and camped for the night at Joyner’s Church.

September 19–Left Wakefield at 9 P.M. and marched twenty miles–laid in the woods without shelter and it raining very hard. Therefore did not need to wash myself in the morning.

September 18–Nothing new, only plenty of bad weather and hard work. We received marching orders at 9 A.M. We arrived in Petersburg at 5 P.M. Saw several friends there. Left Petersburg at 8 o’clock that night in cars for Wakefield. Arrived there at 11 A.M.

September 9–Up to to-day nothing new. Our regiment was paid off to-day, we receiving one month’s wages–eleven dollars for a private, which I have the honor to be.

September 1–Wortheim and myself went to Halfway Station, to get a box that was sent to us from home, but it did not come.

August 31–Still digging dirt.

August 30–Our company went to work to-day throwing up breastworks.

August 29–Lieutenant Belk, whom we left at Weldon, sick, returned to us to-day.

August 28–Ordered to Drewry’s Bluff. We left Richmond at 8 P.M. and got there at 2 A.M. We are camping on the old oat patch, near our former camp.

August 27–Three of our companies got Enfield rifles to-day.

August 26–Up to date did not get half enough to eat.

August 23–Went uptown to see my brother, Morris, of the 44th Georgia Regiment; but his regiment had already gone to Gordonsville, so I returned to camp.

August 22–Sam Oppenheim, of the 44th North Carolina Regiment, an old comrade of the 1st North Carolina Regiment, came to see me. He is stationed on the other side of the city.