We have been three days in camp, and have fully recovered from the fatigues of our long journey. Drill is the order of the day, as it is the...

Ox Hill, Va.,           September 3, 1862. I was in the battle at Manassas and made several very narrow escapes. I had to go on the field ...

Only three of us at the Cabinet meeting. Speed is attending the Court. The others absent, as usual, without cause, and the course pursued su...

Camp White , August 25, 1863. Dear Uncle :— . . . I keep my cavalry moving as much as possible. The infantry has little to do. The pris...

Headquarters Delaware Department, Wilmington, Del. , July 7th, 1863. Dear, dear Cousin Lou: I said I would write you so soon as the...

79th Regiment, Near Antietam Creek, Sept. 28th, 1862. My dear Horace: Here we are, still resting at the mouth of this muddy littl...

Mouth Of Antietam Creek, 79th Regiment, Sept. 28th, 1862. My dear Mother: I have been sitting smoking my pipe by moonlight, pleas...

Had considerable talk with the President this evening. He understands that the day arranged for Grant’s movement is to be the 2d prox. — Mo...

I arrived at Washington this morning, finding Nicolay in bed at 7 o'clock in the morning. We talked over matters for a little while and...

Eight Miles West Of Washington, Upton’s Hill , September 3, 1862. Dear Uncle : — The fighting at and near Bull Run battlefield is fin...

No alarm last night. Enemy quiet in front. A little firing near [the] chain bridge, supposed to be feeling of our position. It is rumored t...

Upton's. — A clear, cold, windy day; bracing and Northern. No news except a rumor that the armies are both busy gathering up wounded an...

Upton's Hill (six Or Eight Miles From Washington), Virginia , September 1, 1862. Dear Mother : — We are in the midst of the great...

September 1. Evening. — About five o'clock this P. M. heavy firing began in the old place — said to be near Centreville or at Bull Run....

Upton's Hill, Near Washington , September 1 , 1862. Dearest : — Very severe battles were fought day before yesterday and the day be...

A coolish, cloudy day. Wrote letters to Mother and Lucy. Nothing definite from the battlefield. Rumors of good and bad. Many complaints of ...

Upton's Hill (near Washington). — Mustered the men for July and August. A rainy, cool day. The great battle of yesterday and the day be...

[Camp On Munson's Hill, Near Washington , August 30, 1862.] We are in hearing of a battle that is progressing some ten or fifteen m...

Camp On Munson's Hill, Near Washington, (say Eight Miles), August 30, 1862. Dear Lucy : — Things all seem to be going well with G...

Camp near Upton's Hill, near Falls Church, on road to Manassas. — All or nearly all day we have heard cannon firing, as is supposed, i...