11th. After breakfast B. went with me to commissary and then to town. Drew and issued rations for ten days. Rained in the afternoon. Did the work alone. Thede went to town and brought me back Irving’s “Life of Washington.” Commenced it. Case inquired about Thede enlisting in his company.

February 11.—For ten days past I have been at the bedside of my patient in Richmond. The physicians for the third time despaired of his life; by the goodness of God he is again convalescent. Our wounded are suffering excessively for tonics, and I believe that many valuable lives are lost for the want of [...]

Washington Wednesday Feby 11. 1863 Fears are now frequently expressed that we are to have trouble in the free states. There seems to exist a great number of peace men, men who are willing to make peace on any terms “only stop the war.” The “Knights of the Golden Circle” (K.G.C.) a secret Society are [...]

Wednesday,11th–A large detail from our brigade began work on the canal from the Mississippi river to Lake Providence. About three hundred negroes are working on it. The canal is being cut twenty rods wide and when completed will be three-quarters of a mile long with a fall of twenty feet. I paid out thirty cents [...]

FEBRUARY 11th.—There is a rumor that Major-Gen. Gustavus W. Smith has tendered his resignation. Some idea may be formed of the scarcity of food in this city from the fact that, while my youngest daughter was in the kitchen to-day, a young rat came out of its hole and seemed to beg for something to [...]

February 11, 1863, The Charleston Mercury MOBILE, February 10. – The New Orleans Delta, of January 28th, has been received here. It contains, under the head of general orders, a Proclamation of the President of the United States, dated January 1st, 1861, for the information and government of the officers and soldiers of the officers [...]

February 11, 1863, The New York Herald Our Ogeechee River Correspondence. OGEECHEE RIVER, Ga., Jan. 27, 1863. The events of today have doubtless made the presence of an iron-clad in Southern waters so well known to the rebels that it will not be deemed contraband for me to state the fact of the Monitor iron-clad [...]

February 11, 1863, The Charleston Mercury March is near at hand, and throughout the Confederate States the practical question of what is to be planted for the season of [illegible] must be decided concerning every field. The country, it may be said, will be richer. The temptation to plant cotton is great, and the world [...]

February 11, 1863, The New York Herald Our Key West Correspondence. KEY WEST, Jan. 29, 1863. Warning The following article contains wording that is offensive to many in the world of today. However, the article is provided unedited for its historical content and context. The niggers have had today a grand celebration in honor of [...]

February 11, 1863, The New York Herald There has been no movement in the Army of the Potomac since our last accounts. A rash attempt to force the picket lines of the enemy, six miles from Yorktown, last Saturday, was made by Captain Faith, of the Fifth Pennsylvania cavalry, which resulted in his men being [...]