Raining and cold. This morning there was another arrival of our prisoners on parol, and not yet exchanged. Many thousands have arrived this ...

A clear night and frosty morning. We have no news except that gleaned from Northern papers. Gen. Hood is unable to cross the Tennessee Riv...

Bright and frosty. This is the day designated by the President for worship, etc., and the offices and places of business are all closed. I...

Bright and cold. Gen. Lee is in the city, looking after recruits, details, etc. Mr. Secretary Seddon appears to be in very high spirits ...

[June 22, 1863.] I have received yours in relation to the movements of the enemy and have been prepared for it for some days. I have three...

Cloudy and showery all day. Last night my youngest son Thomas came in, furloughed (unsolicited) by his officers, who perceived his exhaust...

At mid-day it cleared off; wind still northwest, and cool. Beans (white) were held to-day at $5 per quart 1 and other articles of food in ...

Mr. Seward brought me this A.M. a dispatch from Consul Jackson at Halifax, saying the pirate Rebel Tallahassee had arrived at that port. I h...

January 25. Still lying at anchor in St. Simon's Bay, waiting for the Planter, Judge Stickney of Florida is with us; an able defender of...

A GALA DAY. The winds have ceased, and the sea is as calm as an honest man's conscience. Companies are parading the decks of the s...

Another interposition of Providence in behalf of my family. The bookseller who purchased the edition of the first volume of my “Wild Wester...

Off St. Augustine 14 March 62 My Dear Sir All these reports are interesting. Do have them published, they encourage the officers mo...

We are having cold weather; freezing quite hard at night, and making our lodgings in these little rag houses anything but comfortable. I h...

18 Feby 62. My Dear Sir Have not time to write unofficially, and I am much fatigued. Coal—Coal—I am going with the ships unloaded. Le...

Took on coal at Cairo. Rounded the point and entered the Father of Waters. Had a quiet and pleasant ride. Monotonous country along the leve...

At this late day the Secretary of War is informed by Col. Gorgas that, in consequence of the enemy's possessing the coal mines in Tenne...

Wabash, H Rds.           Monday Evg. 28. Oct 61 My Dear Sir I wrote to-day and have nothing of importance to add except that the we...

Just at dawn, I woke up and got out on the platform of the carriage, which is the favorite resort of smokers and their antithetics, those w...

There is nothing new from any of the armies, except that my old friend, Gen. Rains, sent to Mississippi, stopped and stampeded Grant's ...

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3, 1856. DEAR SIR:— I sent you the recent law of Virginia, under which all vessels are to be searched for fug...