HEADQUARTERS ATLANTA,           July 23d, 1864 Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War: The enemy shifted his position on Peach Tree Creek la...

NEAR ATLANTA, July 22, 1864—10.30 p.m. Hon. J. A. SEDDON, Richmond: The army shifted its position last night, fronting Peach Tree Creek, a...

General Thomas Benton Smith, who was the youngest general in the Confederate army and enjoys the further distinction of being the only on...

July 25, 1864 We moved up to the rear of the corps on the 21, and had just got comfortably fixed for the night when orders came that we ...

July 23, 1864. The fight came off the 22d, and a glorious one it was for us. Lieutenant Blair of our regiment was killed, also Charles ...

Camp South Of Raleigh, Virginia , April 22, 1862. Dear Uncle : — The ugly chap on the enclosed bill is Governor Letcher of Virginia. He...

[ The day of the battle of Atlanta ] We have heard the loud booming of cannon all day. Mr. Ward [the overseer] went over to the burial...

The men of the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Army Corps are raising a subscription for the purpose of erecting a monument in memory of the lame...

All in a muddle, and yet the news, confused as it is, seems good from all quarters. There is a row in New Orleans. Memphis 1 has been reta...

We have conflicting testimony. Young Wade Hampton, of Joe Johnston's staff, says Hood lost 12,000 men in the battles of the 22d 1 and ...

It rained nearly all day. I received a letter today from William Green, my bunk-mate out in the front. He reports that the loss of our comp...

A train came in this evening from the front loaded with the wounded from the Seventeenth Army Corps. They were wounded in the battles of Ju...

We had a refreshing rain last night. Governor Stone of Iowa arrived at the hospital this morning, having come from the front, with an order...

LOVEJOY'S STATION, GA., September 13 , 1864 . His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS, Richmond, Va.: In the battle of July 20 we faile...

NEAR ATLANTA, Geo., August 2, 1864. . . . I have for some days been occupying a good house on the Buckhead Road, about four miles nor...

IN THE FIELD, NEAR ATLANTA, July 29, 1864. Since crossing Chattahoochee I have been too busy to write. We have had three pretty hard ...

Mr. Muir, b. Dec. 5, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pa. Enlisted August 8, 1861, in Company E, 15th Iowa volunteer infantry. Mustered into United St...

GETTY, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Louden; was born in Beaver Co., Penn., Aug. 20, 1844; he lived there until 4 years of age; his parents ...

BELKNAP, WILLIAM W., GEN. , is the son of Gen. William G. Belknap, of the United States Army, who distinguished himself in the war of 1812, ...

A Recruit accredited to Des Moines, Polk County, age, twenty-six, native of Illinois; enlisted March 22d, 1864; wounded in left shoulder, at...