Lowery was a second lieutenant in Co. D, 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment and was from Bibb County, Alabama. In the diaries he discusses camp life (including supplies, weather, social life, visiting family members, and the troops); the movement into...
In the diary Lumsden discusses troop movements and campaigns (such as the battles at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge); the procurement of supplies and provisions; various aspects of camp life; sickness among the soldiers; social life; church...