FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT BY COLONEL JAMES T. MOREHEAD. The duty assigned to me to write a sketch-not a history—of the Fifty-third North Caro...

Cloudy and somber. We have authentic intelligence of the defeat of our forces under Gen. Early, near Winchester. Two generals, Rhodes and ...

Cloudy; rained much last night. The following is all we know yet of Early's defeat: HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,         ...

DUNN'S HILL, September 20 , 1864 . General Early reports that on the morning of the 19th the enemy advanced on Winchester near which ...

The enemy achieved a small success in the vicinity of Winchester on the 22d, which will be duly magnified by the Northern papers into a bril...

Bright day. Walked up Wills Creek to the Narrows. Received appointment as brigadier-general, dated November 30, to rank from October 19, &qu...

CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, January 6, 1865. Dear UNCLE: – We are getting into very pleasant quarters. The town is a fine one, plenty of parties...

CAMP NEAR SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND, Tuesday evening, July 26, 1864.  DEAREST: — We reached here today after two nights and one day of pretty sev...

CAMP NEAR HALLTOWN, VIRGINIA, FOUR MILES SOUTH OF  HARPERS FERRY, July 29, 1864.  DEAREST: — A fine day in a pleasant shady camp, resting. T...

Thursday (21st), marched to near Snickers Ford. Camped near Colonel Ware's. Fifteen miles. The next day, marched to Winchester. A fine ...

EXECUTIVE MANSION,                 Washington, September 20 , 1864 . Major-General SHERIDAN, Winchester, Va.: Have just heard of ...

Moved at 2 A. M. Slept with Houghton. Reached the Opequon about daylight, 2nd N. Y. charging. After this, constant charging till we drove a...

HARPER'S FERRY, W. VA., September 20, 1864 — 11.40 a.m. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Just received the following offi...

HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,     Winchester, September 19 [20] , 1864 — 1 a.m. [Brigadier-General STEVENSON:] GENERAL: W...

I was absent wounded in Vermont at the time of the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., and only know that my regiment fought desperately and lost h...

Well, this has been an interesting day, a great surprise; have been treated with great consideration — like a prince — by the board, and I ...

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I was moved up to Winchester yesterday with the rest of the wounded. The city is one vast hospital — in fact nearly every house is used to ...

My wounds were very painful during the night, my lips and face are terribly swollen and my jaws are in shocking condition, but I'm than...

But Lee never in war arose to such sublime heights if indeed ever in a military sense. Even Longstreet's Chief of Artillery, Genera...