Confidential  Wabash, 31. May. 62.  My Dear Sir  I found the accumulation of men from Prizes so great and the Bienville's Engines so pre...

Washington City , 30th December, 1860. Gentlemen: I have the honor to receive your communication of 28th inst., together with a copy of...

Memoranda read before the President and Cabinet, General Scott and Commodore Stringham, and Mr. Fox, late of the Navy, Washington, March 15...

Franklin Row , January 22, 1861. my Dear Mr. President : A slight attack of rheumatism will prevent me from leaving my room to-day, and...

It is as though we woke up in a barrack. No! There is the distinction, that in the passages slaves are moving up and down with cups of iced...

There was a large crowd around the pier staring at the men in uniform on the boat, which was filled with bales of goods, commissariat store...

Executive Department, 28th December, 1860. To the Hon. D. F. Jamison, President of the Convention. Sir: As the Convention sent fo...

Headquarters, charleston , December 27, 1860 To Colonel J. J. Pettigrew, Sir: You are ordered to take possession of Castle Pinckney...

sullivan's Island, S. C , December 22, 1860. Col. R E. De Russy, Commanding Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Washington D.C.: ...