Clear and warm. The local troops did not march until this morning, and no one supposes Richmond is seriously menaced by Grant. I believe t...

CAMP NEAR CHARLESTOWN SIX MILES (OR FOUR) FROM  HARPERS FERRY, August 23, 1864.  DEAREST:— For the first time since I saw you I received let...

It is no doubt true that the Rebels have left. I called on General Halleck on a matter of business, and while there, about 11, he had a tel...

Communication is again opened with the North. It is evident there was never any force sufficient to have interrupted it, had there been ord...

We had some talk at Cabinet-meeting to-day on the Rebel invasion. The President wants to believe there was a large force, and yet evidently...

I yesterday went with my sons and Dr. Horwitz to Silver Spring, passing over the ground of the late fight. The chimneys of the burnt houses...

Martinsburg, Virginia , July 17 (Sunday), 1864. Dear Mother : — I am much obliged for your letter by Colonel Comly. Glad you still are ...

The Rebels captured a train of cars on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Road, and have burnt the bridges over Gunpowder and Bush Rivers. It ...

The Rebels are upon us. Having visited upper Maryland, they are turning their attention hitherward. General Wallace has been defeated, and ...

The Rebel invasion of Maryland, if not so large or formidable as last year and year before, looks to me very annoying, the more so because...

When at the Department, Sunday morning, the 10th, examining my mail, one of the clerks came in and stated that the Rebel pickets were on th...

July 15, 1864. This is a glorious place. The current in the river is very swift, and it is the nicest stream to bathe in imaginable. I...

I was told last night that we should reach Fortress Monroe at daylight, and I was up to see it, but we passed it about midnight. We are evi...

Quite comfortable all day. Lieut. G. E. Davis has completed the Muster and Pay rolls, but I've not felt very well and have been abed al...

Washington, July 18, 1864. I have only time to write a few words to-night to say good-by. I was very much disappointed at not seeing yo...

General Early has returned from Maryland, bringing horses, cattle, etc. While near Washington, the army burned Mr. Montgomery Blair's h...

Since the last note in my diary we have been pursuing our usual course. The tenor of our way is singularly rough and uneven, marked by the ...

Now we are in a cottage rented from Doctor Chisolm. Hood is a full general. Johnston 1 has been removed and superseded. Early is threateni...

Ashfield , 14 July, 1864. Your notes are so pleasant and add to the worth of our evening mail so much that I wish you would write to me...

Tenallytown , July 11, 1864. There is no end of confusion out here, and very little known of the enemy. I took over our 1st squadron, w...