Near Centreville , July 19th, 1861. My dear Mother: I am happy to write you of my continued health and good spirits. We had an advent...

Beauregard telegraphed yesterday (they say, to General Johnston), “Come down and help us, or we shall be crushed by numbers.” The President...

This day is perhaps the most anxious of my life. It is believed that a battle is going on at or near Manassas. Our large household is in a ...