BATON ROUGE, LA., Dec. 26, 1860. MY DEAR SHERMAN: The decision you have formed does not surprise me; indeed, I do not see how it could be ...

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 26, 1860.  . . . I commenced writing a letter last night to Minnie, but a friend sent us out a newspaper of New Orleans, ...

Civil War Alabama by Christopher Lyle McIlwain Sr. Christopher McIlwain’s Civil War Alabama is a landmark book that sheds invigor...

A War State All Over: Alabama Politics and the Confederate Cause by Ben H. Severance Alabama’s military forces were fierce and ...

The second “unprovided-for difficulty” of the Keene Sentinel, in the way of the anti-slavery movement is, that “slaves are property.” We de...

Hon. E. S. Dargan, member of Congress, writes from Mobile that Mississippi is nearly subdued, and Alabama is almost exhausted, He says our ...

1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace by Christopher Lyle McIlwain The year 1865 is critically important to an accurate...

Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, Jackson, Tenn., January 16, 1862. It commenced raining early the morning of the 14th and did not cease u...

The editor of the Carolinian has conversed with a gentleman who brings cheering news from the Executives of the above States.   Gov. PETTU...

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8, 1857. MY DEAR SIR:— I write you now to let you know that the children of E. are yet well, and that Mrs. Arra...

Several men from Alabama arrived here to-day with their backs beaten blue. We caught another spy last night. The drums rolled last night at...

. . . . Sumner speaks of the Message with great gratification. It satisfies his idea of proper reconstruction without insisting on the adop...

Congress has not yet restricted the class of exempts, and the work of conscription drags heavily along. All under forty-five must be called...

W——1, another of Provost Marshal Griswold's policemen, has arrived in Washington. I never doubted he was secretly in the Yankee service...

The right wing of Lee's army has fallen back as far as Culpepper County, and the enemy advances. Active movements are speedily looked f...

State of Maryland, Executive Chamber, Annapolis, November 9, 1860. Hon. E. H. Webster. My Dear Sir: — I have pleasure in acknowledg...

Arrived at Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, at daylight, and left it by another railroad at 5.30 A.M. All State capitals appear to r...

This morning up at six, A.M., bade farewell to our hostess and Barnwell Island, and proceeded with Trescot back to the Pocotaligo station, ...

It is certain that the City of Nashville has been evacuated, and will, of course, be occupied by the enemy. Gen. Johnston, with the remnant...

Franklin Row , January 22, 1861. my Dear Mr. President : A slight attack of rheumatism will prevent me from leaving my room to-day, and...