HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, City Point, Va., December 27 , 1864 . Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Military Division...

From the army on the Potomac we have a dispatch from Lee, saying there have been several cavalry engagements during the last week, wherein ...

We have news of a fight on the Rappahannock yesterday, above Fredericksburg, the enemy having crossed again. They were driven back. ...

More unofficial dispatches from the Mississippi. It is said Kirby Smith has defeated the enemy at Port Hudson; but how could his army get o...

The papers contain the following order from Gen. Lee: “headquarters Army Northern Virginia, “May 7th, 1803. “general Orders No. 5...

Middletown, Maryland , September 18,1862, (P. M.) Dear Mother : — I am steadily getting along. For the most part, the pain is not sever...

Bird's Point , November 20, 1861 Part of Pitt's (Col. W. Pitt Kellogg's) cavalry are here. We are glad to see them as it wi...

My wounds were very painful during the night, my lips and face are terribly swollen and my jaws are in shocking condition, but I'm than...

. . . I wrote this morning a cheerful letter to Mother. I think often these days of the sad loss six years ago; my dear, dear sister, — so ...

Camp Jones. — A fine breezy day on this mountain top. Bathed three miles from here in Glade Creek. I find this sitting still or advancing a...

A fine, warm day. I rode with Avery and an escort of twelve dragoons under Captain Harrison (a Union doctor of Monroe County), to look for ...

Had bad cold & did not rest any too well last night did not get up until called to breakfast. sky has the appearance of rain. I go to t...

The rumor of fighting on the Rappahannock is not confirmed. But Gen. Lee writes that his beeves are so poor the soldiers won't eat the ...

The news of the successful defense of Vicksburg is confirmed by an official dispatch, to the effect that the enemy had departed up the Miss...

We have news from the West, which is believed to be reliable, stating that Bragg captured 6000 prisoners altogether in his late battles; to...

Belle Island , Richmond, Va. — I was captured near Rogersville, East Tennessee, on the 6th of this month, while acting as Brigade Quarter-...

We have a dispatch from Vicksburg at last. The enemy, 25,000 strong, were repulsed three times yesterday, and finally driven back seven mil...

Camp On Flat Top Mountain , May 20, (Tuesday), 1862. Dearest : — Here we are “back again” — fifty or sixty miles in rear of the advan...

We shall never arrive at the correct amount of casualties at the battle of Fredericksburg. The Enquirer today indicates that our loss in ki...

Gen. Burnside acknowledges a loss of upwards of 5000, which is good evidence here that his loss was not less than 15,000. The Washington pa...