Sergeant Wilbur Crummer, of the 45th Illinois Infantry, describes catching a youthful smuggler, sneaking through the lines to provide ammo to the besieged Confederates in Vicksburg.

Private Charles Truehart, of the Rockbridge Virginia Artillery, writes of his participation in the actions at Dam No. 5 during the Shenandoah Valley campaign, various ways of outsmarting the Federals, as well as witnessing the actions of Turner Ashby, the famed Confederate cavalier.

Sergeant Henry Dwight, of the 20th Ohio Infantry, writes of a steamboat ride down the Tennessee River in the Spring of 1862.

Lieutenant Bromfield Ridley, a Confederate staff officer, describes the humor of the Southern soldiers.

Sergeant William Reichard, of the 128th Pennsylvania Infantry, describes the contents of a box from home.

Private Samuel Burney, of Cobb's Legion of Georgia Infantry, writes a letter to his wife, praying for her well-being and that of their newborn son.

Corporal George Richardson, of the 6th Iowa Infantry, writes a letter to his parents warning them of the so-called "Copperheads" on the homefront.

Lieutenant Loyd Harris, of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry, recalls how his regiment's marching band was....the worst of all.

In this account, Anton Smith, a German immigrant describes being shanghaied into the service of the Union Army in 1863.

In this account, Corporal Taliaferro Simpson, of the 3rd South Carolina Infantry, describes an epic snowball fight when his regiment was in Winter Quarters.