GENERAL ORDERS No. 2.} HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE CONFD. STATES,           February 11 , 1865 . In entering upon the campaign about to open, the...

Coldest morning of the winter. My exposure to the cold wind yesterday, when returning from the department, caused an attack of indigestion...

Little of interest at the Cabinet meeting. After the others had left had a free talk with the President. He thinks, in view of the feeling m...

In the House, on the 10 th , Mr. Sparrow, of Louisiana, offered the following, which was read, and on his motion, referred to the Committee ...

Bright and cool; subsequently cloudy and warm. Dispatches from Gen. Hood (Sept 7th) state—1st dispatch: that Sherman still holds his works...

A proclamation of amnesty proposed by Speed was considered and, with some changes, agreed to. The condition of North Carolina was taken up...

Great questions not taken up at the Cabinet. Several minor matters considered. Mr. Harlan, successor of Mr. Usher in the Department of the I...

On the morning of Friday, the 21st, I went by appointment or agreement to the Capitol at 6 A.M. Stanton had agreed to call for me before six...

New York, July 7th, 1864. My Dear Sir: I venture to inclose you a letter and telegraphic dispatch that I received yesterday from our i...

Memorandum or basis of agreement made this 18th day of April, A. D. 1865, near Durham's Station, in the State of North Carolina, by and...

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D.C., June 29, 1862 . Maj. Gen. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, Commanding, &c., New Orleans, La.: SIR: ...

Blair has gone into Maryland stumping. He was very much surprised when he got the President's note. He had thought the opposition to hi...

The New York Herald quotes General Sherman as saying, “Columbia was burned by Hampton's sheer stupidity.'” But then who burned every...

AN ACT to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes. ...

Nashville , Jan. 29, 1864. . . . All reports confirm the statements you see in the newspapers. President Lincoln's amnesty proclama...

HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 14th February, 1865. General Orders, No. 2. In entering upon the campaign about to...

Executive Mansion, Washington, December 12, 1862. Hon. Fernando Wood My dear Sir Your letter of the 8th with the accompanying n...

WASHINGTON, May 2. The current report that Gen. McDowell has crossed the Rappahannock and occupied Fredericksburg is untrue.   Telegrap...