The Fourth has passed off quietly in the little town of Buckhannon and in camp. At ten o'clock the Third and Fourth Regiments were rev...

The people of Charlotte received us with unbounded kindness, and are treating us with royal hospitality. They met us in their carriages and,...

STEAMER Ben Deford, January 23, 1863. I have refrained till now from informing you of a little expedition which for the last few days has be...

A TRIP INTO THE COUNTRY.  After nearly two months of scrubbing and cleaning, with new caps and pants, the 25th regiment stands in column of ...

Orders this morning to draw two days' rations, pack up and be ready to move at a moment's warning. We drew hard-tack, coffee, bacon...

The boys are settling down to the routine of military duty, and getting accustomed to camp life. They take kindly to discipline, and seem a...

Camp White , August 25, 1863. Dear Uncle :— . . . I keep my cavalry moving as much as possible. The infantry has little to do. The pris...

Scottsboro, Ala., April 18, 1864. No changes to note in the military situation of our portion of Dixie, but the note of preparation is ...

Fayetteville , July 16, 1863. Dear Mother : — We have been into Dixie and are safe out again into our own lines — a very lively and ple...

After breakfast — poor beef — went into town. Advance with secesh flag and a dozen rushed to it and showed passes from Raines and McDonald ...

Flat Top Mountain , June 3, 1862. Dearest :   — I am made happy by your letter of the 24th and the picture of Webb. Enclosed I send Web...

The cabin of one of these steamers, in the month of May, is not favorable to sleep. The wooden beams of the engines creak and scream “consu...

“To be, or not to be; that's the question.” Whether ’tis nobler in the Confederacy to suffer the pangs of unappeasable hunger and never...

I am sorry to record a defeat near Moorfield, in Hardy County. These disasters are very distressing to us all, except to the croakers, who ...

Hardly was our scanty breakfast over this morning when a hurried ring drew us both to the door. Mr. J––, one of H––'s assistants, stood...

I am particularly happy to-day, for we have just heard from Brother for the first time since last July. And he is well, and happy, and want...

We have been interested lately by a visit to this village of our old friend, Mrs. Thornton, of Rappahannock County, She gives most graphic ...

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

July 15th, Longwood, near Boston. . . . I received your last letter several days ago, and I had a letter from Mama about the same time,...

Up at dawn. Crossed by ferry to Portsmouth, and arrived at railway station, which was at no place in particular, in a street down which the...