Cloudy and showery all day. Last night my youngest son Thomas came in, furloughed (unsolicited) by his officers, who perceived his exhaust...

Private Wabash 1. June. 62  My Dear Friend  I must have a slight growl. You ought not to take the 'Flag' from me. I nursed her, plan...

Navy Department  April 3, 1862  My dear Commodore,  The deficiency of coal is entirely Lenthall's fault, for on the impression gathered ...

Private & Confidential  ‘Wabash’ Port Royal  April 3. 62.  My Dear Sir Since writing to the Department for more force Genl Hunter inform...

Navy Department  May 12 1862  Flag Officer S. F. Dupont Port Royal. My Dear Sir: Now things are breaking up entirely in Virginia we are rea...

A very pleasant ride down the James. Rounded Lighthouse Point. Soon passed Harrison's Landing, then Fort Powhatan and Wilcox's Land...

The Dictator, turret vessel, was launched this A.M. in New York. This is one of a class of vessels that has become famous. She is of greatl...

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.] WASHINGTON, May 18 , 1862 . Rev. HEMAN DYER: MY DEAR FRIEND: Yours of the 16th is welcomed as an evidenc...

On Steamer Henry Clay, off New Madrid, Mo., April 16, 1862. I finished my last in a great hurry, helped strike and load our tents and...

On the 27th of January the President issued his General War Order No. 1 , to those whose direction it was to be. He wrote it without any co...

Commander Bankhead arrived this morning and brings particulars of the loss of the Monitor. Its weakness was in herself, where we had appreh...

We have, yesterday and to-day, broken accounts of a great fight for three days — and not yet terminated — at Murfreesborough, Tennessee. Al...

Camp at north of East River near line between Giles and Mercer Counties, eleven miles from Giles Courthouse. — We moved here to a strong po...

I embarked at 10 A.M. on board a small steamer to visit Drewry's Bluff on the James River, the scene of the repulse of the ironclads Mo...

Norfolk and Portsmouth are evacuated! Our army falling back! The Merrimac is to be, or has been, blown up! SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones...

I omitted to note in its place the gallant feat of Commodore Buchanan with the iron monster Merrimac in Hampton Roads. He destroyed two of ...

We six madcaps got in the carriage and buggy, and rode off in search of news. We took a quantity of old linen rags along, and during the wh...

Am troubled by Preble's conduct. There must be a stop put to the timid, hesitating, and I fear sometimes traitorous course of some of o...

Camp Near Yorktown, April 14, 1862. My dear sister: Your two letters have been received. I think I have made arrangements so that a...

Norfolk has been burned and the Merrimac sunk without striking a blow since her coup d’ é tat in Hampton Roads. Read Milton. See the speech...