Organization: fall 1861 -- "A prefect paradise of a sand spit": January-February 1862 -- "It was awfully sublime": March-May 1862 -- "You may well call this a horrible war": June-August 1862 -- "All is 'fair in love war and politics'": September 1862-January 1863 -- "All my command are on detached 'provost duty'" April-October 1863 -- "My plan is to get home and there if I have a choice express it": July-October 1864