Scope and Contents Barrier finds himself once again stricken with dysentery, but he remains in the trenches, discharging his duties: "I have been suffering with diarrhea and dysentery for three months and a half [and] I have not missed but four days duty in the present campaign, which commenced the twelfth of last April." He writes about the results of the recent political races in North Carolina, sad that his preferred candidates didn't win other offices but still pleased that Zebulon Vance defeated William...