To-day there are rumors of a possible war with England, on account of the affair of Mason and Slidell, now prisoners in Boston harbor. It wi...

Pleasant Valley , July 17, 1863. As usual it is raining to-day, for I think it has rained almost every day for three weeks, more or les...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, September 5 , 1861 . Respectfully referred to the general commanding with a recommendation that the...