Cold northeast wind; am told by the Commanding Officer I shall probably get an order to go to Washington to-night; am hurrying to finish my...

Rockville, Maryland, August 24, 1861. Here I turn up this evening, as much to my own surprise as yours. I got a short note on its way ...

Yesterday was the saddest day this country has ever experienced. In the morning the papers said that we had gained a great victory at Bull...

WASHINGTON, March 1. There is nothing in the official telegrams last received, to show that the rebels are evacuating Columbus, nor has any...

FT. MONROE, February 13. The gun-boat Stars and Stripes arrived this noon from Burnside’s expedition with a bearer of dispatches for the Go...