Chester.—I have borne the journey thus far well, and as the railroad stops here, the rest having been destroyed by Sherman's army, we wi...

All quiet. We had brigade drill this forenoon. Our brigade consists of the 7th Missouri, 8th, 63rd and 18th Illinois, commanded by Col. Stev...

ATLANTA, GA., Nov. 7th, 1864. The last train for the North leaves here to-morrow morning. Our soldiers are scattered along the railroad a ...

On the twelfth we arrive at Lowell, and while here we receive the first news of Lee's surrender to General Grant. Sherman's grand ar...

This morning Sherman's great army bow their heads in mournful silence over the startling news of the assassination. While we write we re...

On the morning of the 10th we move towards Richmond. For some cause unknown we do not enter the city, but are ordered into camp three miles ...

On the 24th of May we cross the long bridge spanning the Potomac and enter Washington City and pass up Pennsylvania Avenue, and by the White...

Jackson.—We took position in the ditches early in the morning of the 9th, and have been here ever since, under fire of the enemy's sharp...

This morning we move our camp and shift around more to the left. Brisk skirmishing is now going on along the river, with some cannonading. I...

A letter from home! A letter from home! It reached me by hand through the department—is most reassuring and at the same time most delightful...

With but short intervals, Slocum's guns have been heard all day. About three o'clock in the evening we hear to our right a sullen ro...

After the fall of Fort McAllister, we obtain some supplies, but for the seventy thousand hungry soldiers they soon run out. For the last wee...

From October 3d to November 10th Sherman's army was continually marching, manoeuvering and skirmishing. The battle of Allatoona had been...

Columbia, S. C.—This wild talk about the Federal Army and what it's going to do is all nonsense. Coming here! Sherman! Why not say he...

We were greatly startled yesterday by the firing of cannon in the upper part of the city. It proved to be a call for Colonel Thomas' Reg...

We are now camped upon the banks of Chicamauga, a name that has gone to history inscribed with deeds of blood. This evening companies D, H a...

ST. LOUIS, Sunday, Dec. 30, 1866. Dear Brother: I came up from New Orleans right through the country that I had been the means of raiding ...

Notice is given to-day of a grand parade of the armies of the Potomac, of the Tennessee, and Georgia, etc., etc., to take place on Tuesday a...

Early this morning the stillness is interrupted by the national salute, for it is the eighty-seventh anniversary of the nation's birth. ...

Full reports come to-day from Vicksburg; how the news cheers the soldiers. Loud shouts are heard everywhere; the Seventh feels proud to know...