Howe mentions that his unit has gone to Louisville for refitting. He describes events that he saw along the way, such as a fellow soldier being shot and killed by a civilian after he broke into the man's home and his unit rescuing the passengers of a sunken ship. Howe also writes about the war and Louisville.

Howe writes mostly about Jeanette's family and the people at home.

Having left Louisville on 28 December, Howe is stationed along the Gallatin Pike, six miles from Nashville. He describes two incidents in which pro-Confederate guerillas ambushed and killed soldiers and officers in his unit. He laments the ruin caused by the war, and condemns both the abolitionists and the Southern aristocrats whom he regards as responsible.

The regiment continues to move south. Howe describes the devastation caused by the Franklin-Nashville campaign.

Building winter quarters at Gravelly Springs, Alabama on the Tennessee River. Five Union cavalry divisions were assembled in the vicinity, under Maj. Gen. James Wilson.

Howe discusses camp life, fellow soldiers and people back home.

More from Gravelly Springs.

Howe writes about the military situation and camp life.

Howe mentions that he is now working at brigade headquarters, in the commissary department, herding cattle.

Another letter about life in Gravelly Springs.

Howe notes that on the 13th the brigade began its summer campaign "which I expect will be down through Mississippi" (this would be Wilson's famous cavalry raid through Alabama and Georgia). He mentions that he was briefly captured by Confederate cavalry when out rounding up cattle, and robbed of everything by them.

Howe writes to Jeanette of his campaigning since March. He describes the battle of Selma, in which he fought, and mentions the capture of Jefferson Davis.

Contains a notation dated 1862 and brief diary entries for 1 to 3 January, 1864.

Copied by Howe from the Chattanooga Gazette.

Detailing Howe for provost guard duty at brigade headquarters.

Contains one three cent bank note from 1863, along with the receipt for a $200 money order sent by Howe to Jeanette from Louisville, Kentucky in December 1864.

One copy of the Grand Army of the Republic Roster: Correct List of the Officers and Delegates of the Grand Army of the Republic, New York, 1885.

Contains Howe and Jeanette's marriage certificate, letters from Jeanette's family and records of a mortgage Howe and Jeanette took out in 1877.

Includes letters from Howe to his family, a record relating to his postwar work, notices on the deaths of family members and a record of funeral expenses.

Contains records of mortages of Howe and Jeanette, notices of deaths of family members, letters from relatives, and records of Howe's daughter Della.

Mainly correspondence and records of Della Howe.

Correspondence, records and newspaper clippings belonging to Howe's daughters Della and Olive or relating to them.