Punctual to time, our carriage appeared at the door, with a spare horse, followed by the black quadruped on which the negro boy sat with di...

Headquarters Department of Annapolis, April 30th, 1861 To Lieut. Gen’l. WINFIELD Scott, General in Chief U.S. Army, WASHINGTON, D.C. ...

I hired a horse at a livery stable, and rode out to Arlington Heights, at the other side of the Potomac, where the Federal army is encampe...

July 28th, 1861. Dear Mother: A week has passed since our misfortunes at Bull's Run, and in all the intervening time I've had...

Nahant, July 28, 1861. My Dearest Mary : I have not written to Forster, because I have taken it for granted that he sees my letters to...