On the 17th we arrive at Alexandria and go into camp two miles from the city, and from or camp we can behold the Union's capital this ev...

The people of Worcester, Mass., have been made indignant at the reception of the following [telegraphic] despatch by the President of the “A...

Near Alexandria, Va., May 19, 1865. Rained all night. Reveille at 2 p. m., and started off before daylight. Men waded two or three creeks ...

Last night I was at a party at Mr. Chase's, or his daughter Mrs. Sprague’s, and late in the evening he spoke to me of the great abuses ...

A late dispatch on Saturday night from Cairo informs me that a dam at Alexandria has been constructed and our fleet is passing the falls. L...

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,             Camp near Alexandria, May 19 , 1865 . General JOHN A. RAWLINS, Chief of Staf...

The President informs me that he did not go to Falmouth, but merely to Fort Lyon near Alexandria. SOURCE: Gideon Welles,  Diary of G...

Camp On Munson's Hill, Near Washington, (say Eight Miles), August 30, 1862. Dear Lucy : — Things all seem to be going well with G...

At Alexandria. No great difference from time in Washington, but much less agreeable. SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor,  Diar...

This morning I walked with the President over to the War Department, to ascertain the truth of the report that Jackson had crossed the Poto...

A dispatch from Gov. Harris gives some additional particulars of the battle near Murfreesborough, Tenn. He says the enemy was driven back s...

Going into Nicolay’s room this morning, Carl Schurz and Jim Lane were sitting. Jim was at the window, filling his soul with gall by steady ...

Pleasant but some wind; started for the front on the 9 a. m. train; passed General Burnside's Corps south of Alexandria en route toward...

The heat to-day was so great, that I felt a return of my old Indian experiences, and was unable to go, as I intended, to hear a very eminen...

War Department, Washington City, August 15,1863. General , — We are sending you ten thousand infantry and three batteries of artillery....

Virginia has indeed been invaded by the Federals. Alexandria has been seized. It is impossible to describe the excitement and rage of the p...

Started at 10 a. m. and after marching fifteen miles, went into camp within four miles of Alexandria, Virginia. Sherman's entire army a...

There are three armies in camp here, the Army of the Potomac under General Meade, and the Armies of the Tennessee and of Georgia, both unde...

We started at 8 a. m. and by 10 o'clock had passed through Old Alexandria. We went into bivouac within three miles of Washington City. ...

Minor Reforms Needed. September, 1862. 1st. Drunken officers. The public, rightly or wrongly, attribute part of the mischief at Bull Ru...