The piratical ram Stonewall has reached Nassau and is anchored in the outer harbor, from which our vessels are excluded. The State Departmen...

Worked much on Essay. . . . In the evening said to Laura: “Jeff Davis will be taken tomorrow.” Was so strongly impressed with the thought t...

The first thing I heard in the morning was the news of the capture of Jeff Davis. This made me think of my preluding the night before. . . ...

Quite unwell this morning, with a severe attack of flux Keep my bed all day, & at night feel no better. Lt Loughridge was in town but c...

It is still raining. We remained in our bivouac all day. Some of the troops are moving toward Washington for the grand review. News came th...