Louisville, Ky. Again in Louisville—eleven hundred miles nearer home than one week ago and yet how far. Still, it is joy to feel I am compar...

Cincinnati, Ohio. We arrived here at 9:30 this morning. My day's work is, at last, completed, at 9 p. m. This has been a busy day. In fa...

[WHEELING, VA.?],  May  24th, 1856. DEAR SIR: I have had a somewhat desultory correspondence with my old friend Linn Boyd. 1 He thinks it...

WASHINGTON, [D. C.], June 9th, 1856. DEAR HUNTER: I presume you have heard ere this of the action of the Cincinnati Convention and its utt...

NEW YORK, [N. Y.], December 25, 1855 . DEAR SIR: We have been applied to by gentlemen of high standing and respectability who desire to pr...

(Confidential.) WHEELING, [VA.], 15th March, 1856. MY DEAR SIR: I arrived here on Thursday morning on my way home, but resolved to spend a...

Louisville, Ky. We did not go to Suffolk as I anticipated. Third Division went in our stead, while we took another direction, and in eight d...

Went to Court House and auction sales with Albert. Regt. came in early. Spent several hours with Watson. He is feeling badly. Am sorry for ...

Honored Sir : In the name of the people of all classes of my fellow-citizens I extend to you a cordial welcome, and in their behalf I have ...

Mr. Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen: Twenty-four hours ago, at the capital of Indiana. I said to myself I have never seen so many people assem...

New Orleans Sept 13th 1862 Dear Sir : The business of the Custom House goes on satisfactorily. The amount of duties now in my hand...

Washington , Jan’y 17, 1854. My Dear Sir : I thank you for little note and for your kind appreciation of my wishes rather than my succe...

Passed through Cincinnati before daylight. Left for Columbus at 7:30. Stopped opposite Camp Chase and walked over. Got supper at boarding h...

Passed the night very quietly in guard house. Deserters and drunken men filled the room. Novel place. Before noon went down to Provost and ...

Thede got on order a secesh saddle. Gave up my mare to Dr. Smith. Gave me an old plug. Traded her for a pretty brown mare, $25 to boot. Jef...

Moved out at 2 A. M. Mistake in road and went several miles out of way. Morgan 8 hours ahead. Passed through several little towns near Cinc...

[Passed] through Mingo, Cadiz, to Cincinnati, where I arrived on Sunday morning. I washed my face and went out; saw a plain, old church cov...

A cheerful bright morning and a sound sleep dispels the gloom resting on my views of the future. During the night a courier came to my tent...

Orders for our Battalion to move today to Cincinnati. Received orders to go along a little while before starting. Went up with the Battalio...

Got into Cincinnati at 8 A. M. Stopped a mile from the depot. Watered and fed horses. Then marched down town to the market. Dismounted and ...