FORT MOULTRIE, S.C., Jan. 4, 1846. My Dear  Brother : I had to go to North Carolina on a wedding tour at Christmas time, and as soon as I...

Yesterday morning, Mr. F., a gentleman from my native State, Massachusetts, and who has charge of the Refugee Farm, asked if I would not lik...

On guard. Stood picket in a large cotton field which contains five or six hundred acres of cotton, unpicked. I went back to the cane brake a...

PHILADELPHIA, [PA.],  February  23d, 1857. ESTEEMED FRIEND: Permit me to remind you, that four years since, at your request, the Senate am...

Received orders to move tomorrow. Our camp life at Smith's Plantation has been as pleasant as we could wish. Our time was spent in batal...

Boat landed at 12. O clock last night at Scippers landing to unload freight was up saw several hundred bales of cotton guarded by a gunboat....

Went into camp, and a hard place it is; wood scarce and "water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink," except the Mississippi ...

The news came in this morning that Holly Springs was entered at daylight and captured. The Rebels took over two hundred thousand dollars and...

The long roll was beaten at 3 o'clock this morning. The company was formed and we marched down to our cotton fort where we lay until day...

Gen. Grant passed through here this morning on the train. The division of Denver's, (ex-governor of Kansas, for whom Denver City was nam...

On picket guard today. Got my boots half soled. Gen. McPherson passed through here, and Logan's division is coming up and passing throug...

Senate Chamber 23d Feb. 1848 MY DEAR ANDREW, The treaty with Mexico has just been laid before the Senate, and read. It will be warmly oppo...

While I was looking out of the window this morning at some recruits for the 48th Indiana, whom should I see but John Metternich of our old c...

Weather warm. I was on fatigue nearly all day, cutting and hauling wood for the company. We had dress parade at 4 o'clock. Just at dusk ...

Quite sore from chopping and rolling cotton. Our Colonel, Amos Norton, is Commander of the Post, and Rats is provost-marshal, Col. Smith com...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 1851. MY DEAR MR. COMBE, — . . . I have nothing to write on political subjects that can afford any gratification to a ...

Bright and cool. A violent southeast gale prevailed last evening, with rain. Of course we have no news in the papers from any quarter. Sheri...

Haines Bluff, Miss. Once more on land, and glad are we of the change. We arrived at the mouth of the Yazoo at ten o'clock yesterday morn...

Once more we are on the wing. Yesterday morning we were ordered to be ready to march when called on. Of course, the men do not expect to sta...

Arrive at Columbia, S. C., at dawn. The night passed disagreeably. Although our destiny is prison, men are impatient at delays, growl at ...