(Private) New Orleans , January 2nd, 1863. Dear Sir : Everything remains nearly as when I last wrote. Troops have been moving up to B...

The Chronicle of this morning contains my letter with some errors, to the Senate in response to a call relating to transfers.   It makes so...

Wrote a line to Seward that I had not been officially notified of the raising of the blockade of Brownsville, Texas. The whole thing has be...

Navy Department, 9 June, 1863. Sir, In acknowledging the receipt of the copy of despatch No. 51, from the Vice Consul at Havana, tr...

Drilled co. a. m. cooler today. One Regt of nigs come up Wednesday evening, go to Brownsville this P. M. At 2. P. M. detailed with 25 men f...

I slept well last night in spite of the tics and fleas, and we started at 5.30 P.M. After passing a dead rattlesnake eight feet long, we re...

I breakfasted with General Bee, and took leave of all my Brownsville friends. M'Carthy is to give me four times the value of my gold...

I took an affectionate leave of Don Pablo, Behnsen, Oetling, & Co., all of whom were in rather weak health on account of last night...

We roused up at daylight, and soon afterwards Colonel Duff paraded some of his best men, to show off the Texan horsemanship, of which they ...

Captain Hancock and Mr Anderson left for Bagdad in Mr Behnsen's carriage at noon. I crossed over to Brownsville at 11.30, and dined ...

Poor Don Pablo was “taken ill” at breakfast, and was obliged to go to bed. We were all much distressed at his illness, which was brought on...

Mr Behnsen and Mr Colville left for Bagdad this morning, in a very swell ambulance drawn by four gay mules. At noon I crossed to Browns...