February 6, 1863. We are just now through with the hardest and coldest north east storm that we have had since I came to the Department of...

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Hilton Head, Port Royal; S.C., April 3 , 1862 . Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: ...

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D.C., April 29 , 1862 . Brig. Gen. R. SAXTON: SIR: You are assigned to duty in the Department of the So...

Headquarters,  U. S. Forces En Route To F. Monroe , July 12th, 1862. My dear Mother: When I wrote you a few hurried, peevish line...

Headquarters 2d Brigade, Nor. Dist. Dept. Of The South, James Island, June 4th, 1862. My dear Mother: I must write a few lines t...

So little has been said upon this subject of late by the papers, and the action of Congress seem to be so decisive in favor of adopting a m...