Bright, but windy and dusty. There is an excitement at last; but it is sullen rather than despairing. No one seems to doubt our final succ...

Monroe County, In Bivouac , May 13, 1864. Dearest : — We are all right so far. Burned New River Bridge, etc., etc. A most successful ca...

A rainy night. No march this A. M. Sergeant Ogden here wounded twice — not dangerously. Given by Captain Hastings a pair of spurs from Cloy...

Rain all night. Yesterday, a clear, cold morning; a white frost; cloudy and hazy all day; rain at night. P. M. Rode with Dr. Webb, L...

It has got out that the President intends to dispense with the services of Mr. Myers, the Jew Quartermaster-General, and Mr. Miles, member ...

The papers contain the following order from Gen. Lee: “headquarters Army Northern Virginia, “May 7th, 1803. “general Orders No. 5...