Headquarters 2d Division, James Island, June 10th, 1862. My dear Mother: I saw a few moments ago a mail-bag walking off — hailed i...

Yet near New Madrid, March 12, 1862. The enemy are separated from us by only a few cornfields, the country is perfectly plain; we can s...

To-day we spent six hours deciding on Court Martials, the President, Judge Holt and I. I was amused at the eagerness with which the Presid...

The cars which came in from the North last night brought a great many women, children, and negroes from Fredericksburg and its vicinity. Th...

I believe I forgot to mention one little circumstance in my account of that first night at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, which at the time stru...

Camp Near Newtown, June 14, 1862. After about eighteen days' absence, here we are back again in Virginia, camped on the identical...

My husband has come. He believes from what he heard in Richmond that we are to be recognized as a nation by the crowned heads across the wa...

July 6, 1864 We have no rain here — never expect any; air hazy with a faint dust, finer than twice volted flour, which settles on ever...

Letter from Rob giving a description of a cavalry charge on two of their companies, before he reached Winchester, and then of their march t...

FORT CORCORAN, August 19, 1861. . . . Among my regiments are three who claim to have been enlisted only for three months, but the Secre...

Complaint having been made by General Lander of the misconduct of an officer under his command and the matter referred to the Secretary of W...

The following is a vivid description of one of those bold exploits for which Gen. Lander is so noted.   What could surpass the cool courage ...

The friend who sent us Liet. [sic] Jackson’s letter for publication says, “In another letter, Lieut. Jackson speaks of one or two cowards, ...