19. Regiment, with exception of Company A of Newburyport, went on hike to Pea Vine valley, pitched camp and returned following day.
23. Old knapsacks, issued by state, condemned and burned. Blanket bags issued in their places.
29. Eighth Regiment won division rifle match with score of 481.
30. First division sham fight took place.
9. New stand of colors received by regiment.
Colonel Pew addressed men concerning typhoid fever.
12. Peace protocol signed and hostilities suspended.
16. First furloughs granted to men broken down in health.
Eighth Regiment participated in big review at Snodgrass Hill.
22. Bon-fire and celebration in honor of receipt of orders to break camp.
23. Regiment marched over road to Rossville, Georgia. Embarked for Lexington, Kentucky.
24. Arrived and went into camp on Clark farm at Montrose, a few miles outside of Lexington, Kentucky.
15. Twenty-First Kansas volunteers of the brigade received orders to prepare for home and muster out.
20. Secretary of War, General Russell A. Alger of Michigan, visited camp and reviewed the troops.
23. Governor Bradley of Kentucky and staff reviewed the troops.
24. Regiment visited Louden Park race track, Lexington, and gave exhibition drill.
26. Twenty-First Kansas regiment departed for muster out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
27. First Territorial regiment arrived in camp from west.
10. First battalion of regiment sent out on Bryan Pike on account of trouble at Lexington.
11. Men of regiment visited Forepaugh & Sells Brothers circus at Lexington.
20. General Breckinridge turned command over to General Wilson.
10. Regiment transferred to Second Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps.
12. Regiment arrived at Americus, Georgia, and went into camp.
Thanksgiving day. Men enjoyed dinner provided by Captain Augustus P. Gardner of Hamilton, Massachusetts.
10. Commissioners at Paris signed treaty of peace.
25. Christmas day. Camp decorated. Men provided with dinner by Hon. George von L. Meyer of Hamilton, Massachusetts.
26. Twelfth New York regiment left camp enroute for Cuba.
31. Orders received for regiment to prepare to move to Cuba.
6. First Battalion broke camp and left for Cuba, via Savannah, Georgia.
8. First Battalion embarked on Transport Obdam from Savannah for Cuba.