March 25th. This morning, at five thirty, heard heavy firing up the river in the direction of Vicksburg, which continued until six A. M., at which time we got under way and steamed up the river, beat to quarters, and shelled the rebel earthworks at Warrenton. The rebels returned our fire with rifled field pieces [...]

Wednesday, 25th–A division of troops passed our camp going down the river, while General Logan’s Division came back again going on up the river.

Wednesday, March 25th. Early last evening the tremendous clatter of a sword that made such unnecessary noise that one might imagine the owner thereof had betaken himself to the favorite pastime of his childhood, and was prancing in on his murderous weapon, having mistaken it for his war steed, announced the arrival of Captain Bradford, [...]

25th. After reading some in the morning, went down to Minnie’s. Heard Ellie sing. Beat Minnie a game of chess. John beat me twice. Stayed to dinner. Did some chores and went down N. P. in the evening. Read and visited. Happy enough. How glorious it will be when war ceases, we victors and peace [...]

March 30, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The enemy begins to exhibit unwonted activity along our coast. On Wednesday last twenty-one vessels, four of which were evidently turreted iron-clads, and the rest gunboats or transports, appeared in North Edisto River. These vessels could be plainly seen by our pickets at White Point, and the transports seemed [...]

MARCH 25th.—We have no news to-day, excepting the falling back of Rosecrans from Murfreesborough, and a raid of Morgan and capture of a train of cars. Rosecrans means, perhaps, to aid in the occupation of the Mississippi River. It will be expensive in human life. Although our conscription is odious, yet we are collecting a [...]

March 25, 1863, Southern Watchman (Athens, Georgia) Are our friends in the up country aware of the fact that the paper mills throughout the Confederacy will have to stop unless they can procure a larger supply of rags?  This is even so.  The Pioneer Mill near this place has adopted a new rule.  They sell [...]

March 25, 1863, Charleston Mercury Another Female Food Riot took place in Salisbury, N. C., on the 18th.  The women concerned in it compelled the merchants to share with them their stock of flour, and also robbed several families of the stock laid in for home use.  Salt, snuff and molasses was also taken.

March 25, 1863, Galveston Weekly News The undersigned having been creditably informed that our Texas soldiers in Arkansas have suffered, and are yet suffering from sickness and disease, incident to an unhealthy country, and that hundreds (we may say thousands) have died, mostly for the want of necessary and proper attention, respectfully recommend to the [...]

March 25, 1863, The Charleston Mercury Lieut. FRITH, who blew up the Indianola, gives the editor of the Natchez Courier the particulars. He says that on Wednesday night a Federal gunboat, which he is pretty well assured was the Tuscumbia (afterwards turning out to be a Yankee scare-crow), and which, by the way, is represented [...]

March 25, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) Batesville, March 15th, 1863. Mr. Editor:  The military traveler sees many thing in this patriotic State worthy of preservation in the history of these eventful times. . . . Yesterday a prize drill came off in Shelby’s brigade.  It was exciting and beautiful.  The reward for the [...]

March 25, 1863, Dallas Herald Our informant who gave us the facts in regard to the capture of the Queen of the West, on Red River, and who was forced to go with the Queen down the Atchafalaya, relates the following incident: At one of the places burnt by the Queen, and owned by a [...]

March 25, 1863, Dallas Herald For several weeks past we have been compelled to print our paper on brown paper, and we shall probably be compelled to do so for several weeks to come. We have purchased a supply of white paper, which will cost us over $50 per ream by the time it reaches [...]

March 25, 1863, The Charleston Mercury COLUMBIA, TENN., March 18. In my last letter I gave you very fully the disposition of Van Dorn’s force upon Rutherford’s Creek, where he had taken position to meet the enemy. On the 10th we had retired from Spring Hill before a large force of the enemy, and taken [...]

March 25, 1863, Galveston Weekly News An army correspondent of the Chattanooga Rebel writes as follows: Our army is again in a good fighting trim, and the ranks rapidly filling up by the influx of absentees. I suppose it is better clothed, equipped and fed than ever before. The country is bountifully supplied with game, [...]

March 25, 1863, Galveston Weekly News  Like most of our contemporaries, we are compelled to advance our terms of subscription, not for the purpose of increasing profits, but to save ourselves from loss. Having now to pay for white paper just about fifteen times the price when our terms of subscription were established, our readers [...]

March 25, 1863, The New York Herald Our Expeditionary Correspondence. ON THE WAY, SEVENTY-FIVE MILES DOWN THE TALLAHATCHIE, March 10, 1863. The date I prefix to this communication gives the present locality of the Yazoo Pass expedition with as much exactness as I can command. We have reached a very fair stream for navigation by [...]

March 25, 1863, Memphis Daily Appeal (Jackson, Mississippi) Mrs. L. C. W. Brown:  Dear Madam:  Your letter, with one thousand dollars, contributed by the ladies of Natchez for the support of the Soldiers’ lunch house, was handed me this morning by Mr. Howe.  Allow me, in behalf of the brave soldiers whose sufferings they nobly [...]

March 25, 1863, The New York Herald We have some important intelligence from the Yazoo expedition today. It comes by way of St. Louis, and is to the effect that the steamer Dilligent, with the Eighth Missouri, had succeeded in entering Yazoo rover above Haines’ Bluff. Her course was through Cypress Bayou, which debouches into [...]