Franklin County, Pa.,           June 28, 1863. We are in Yankeedom this time, for certain, and a beautiful and magnificent country it is t...

Left here this morning, got to Chambersburg at 12 M. Went three miles on the north side of town on picket—14 miles to-day. We passed through...

Clear and hot. All quiet at Petersburg. President Lincoln was at Fortress Monroe on Sunday last, after the explosion and its failure. Th...

SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NEAR STRASBURG,  August 14 (Sunday), 1864.  DEAREST:—You see we are again up the Valley following Generals Early and Brec...

Parts Unknown , Sept. 9, 1859. Dear Mother, Brother, And Sisters , — Knowing that you all feel deeply interested in persons and matters...

HARRISBURG, PA., June 30 , 1863 ,                         (Received 5 . 30 p.m.) Maj. Gen. H W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief: As...

We were ordered to commence our retrogade movement at 8.30 o'clock, but didn't till about 10 o'clock a. m. As usual our divisio...

This morning, before marching from Chambersburg, General Longstreet introduced me to the Commander-in-Chief. General Lee is, almost without...

We are still at Chambersburg. Lee has issued a remarkably good order on non-retaliation, which is generally well received; but I have heard...

No officer or soldier under the rank of a general is allowed into Chambersburg without a special order from General Lee, which he is very c...

Lawley was so ill this morning that he couldn't possibly ride; I therefore mounted his horse a little before daybreak, and started in s...

Surprised to read this morning that Stuart's Cavalry have taken Chambersburg, Penna. What next? Reed, letter from John Cochrane, sa...

The scarcity of blank-books, and the very high prices, make them unattainable to me; therefore I have determined to begin another volume of...

We hear of fights and rumours of fights. It is said that Ewell's Division captured 6,000 prisoners at Winchester, and that General Edwa...