Another day of sleet and gloom. The pavements are almost impassable from the enamel of ice; large icicles hang from the houses, and the tree...

Near Petersburg, Va .,           October 12, 1864. I have not received a letter from you for several days, as there seems to be something ...

Bright and pleasant. All is quiet below. From Georgia we have many rumors. It is reported that a battle has been fought (second time) at Alt...

Bright and beautiful. All quiet below, save an occasional booming from the fleet. Nothing from Georgia in the papers, save the conjectures...

Rained all night; clear and cool this morning. The government publishes nothing from Georgia yet; but it is supposed there is intelligence...

A bright and glorious day—above. All was quiet yesterday below, indicating that the enemy suffered severely in the last assault on our lin...

Bright and beautiful. Still all quiet below, the occasional bombarding near Petersburg being beyond our hearing. Yesterday, Gen. Preston...

Clear; but rained copiously last night. A letter from Gen. Lee indicates that the “Bureau of Conscription” fails to replenish the army. ...

Early this morning the command is up and ready to move forward. While waiting to hear the bugle call, Sergeant Flint, with his mind ever rea...

The 4th of July is fast approaching, and if we do not get our prize by that time, we will have a little celebration out here in the woods, f...

The following dispatch indicates the prestige of success for the year 1864, and it is probable it will be followed by a succession of succe...

Clear and pretty cold. We have news of another brilliant affair at Kinston, N. C, where Gen. Pickett has beaten the enemy, killing and woun...

We have no news. But there is a feverish anxiety in the city on the question of subsistence, and there is fear of an outbreak. Congress is i...

HDQRS. GEORGIA RESERVES AND MIL. DIST. OF GEORGIA,       Macon, Ga., January 8 , 1865 . Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War, Richm...

Nothing of moment from the armies, although great events are anticipated, soon. On Saturday, Gen. Winder's or Major Griswold's ...

No news from any of the armies this morning. But Gen. Whiting writes that he is deficient in ordnance to protect our steamers and to defend...

An hour before daylight “Sam” awoke me and said I must go with him off a ways to stay through the day. Got up, and we started. Came about a...

Scottsboro, Ala., April 9, 1864. Don't be alarmed and imagine that I have “photos” on the brain. This is in all probability the las...

I learn an order has been issued to conscribe all commissary and quartermasters' clerks liable to military service. There will be, and ...

We have nothing additional from Gen. Wise's expedition against Williamsburg; but it was deprecated by our people here, whose families a...