On the above day and date commenced one of the great battles of the "War Between the States," generally known as the "Battle ...

It seems to me that the destinies of this admirable people are in strange hands. Mr. Lincoln, honest man of nature, perhaps an empiric, doct...

Clear and warm. Apricots in blossom. At last we have reliable information that Johnston has checked one of Sherman's columns, at Bentonv...

SHERWOOD FOREST, VA., April 18, 1861. By my last letter from the President the convention was sitting with closed doors. The vote was prob...

Moderated last night; this morning sleety and dangerous. Gen. Lee was in the city yesterday, walking about briskly, as if some great event...

Frosty morning, after a rain last night. We have no authentic war news this morning, from any quarter. Congress is at work in both Houses ...

Another bright and glorious morning. I hear of no news whatever from the South—although I know that important events are transpiring—and the...

Another morning of blue skies and glorious sunshine. Sherman is reported to be marching northward, and to have progressed one-third of the w...

Another bright and glorious morning. Charleston fell on Thursday night last. A large number of heavy guns fell into the hands of the enemy...