The enemy achieved a small success in the vicinity of Winchester on the 22d, which will be duly magnified by the Northern papers into a bril...

It rained all night! Cloudy and windy to-day. Gen. Hood corrects his dispatch of Saturday; we captured only 13 guns; but we captured some ...

Bright and pleasant. The city is in great excitement and joy. Gen. Early has gained a victory in Maryland, near Frederick, defeating Gen. ...

The drought continues here; but at some other places there has fallen heavy rain. The excitement on the news of our successes in Maryland ...

Dry—the sky bright and brassy—the gardens almost ruined. Last evening definite news came in the  Washington Chronicle  of the 14th. Gen. E...

A steady, gentle rain from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M. A dispatch from Gen. Hood, who relieves Gen. Johnston, was received to-day. It was in cipher...

Cool and dry, everything suffering for rain. All quiet about Petersburg, but later in the day a rumor sprung up that fighting had recommen...

Clear; hot and dusty. The news of the falling back of Gen. Johnston on Atlanta, Ga., causes no uneasiness, for the destruction of Sherman...

Dry and pleasant. We have a rumor to-day of the success of a desperate expedition from Wilmington, N. C., to Point Lookout, Md., to libera...

Snow still on the ground; very cold. Sleigh-ride with Captain McKinley to Winchester Depot. Run against hay team. Hastings improving decided...

Crosshairs on the Capital: Jubal Early’s Raid on Washington, D.C., July 1864 - Reasons, Reactions, and Results By James H. Bruns In an era o...

CAMP AT CEDAR CREEK NEAR STRASBURG, VIRGINIA, October 21, 1864. MY DARLING:— We have had another important victory over General Early's ...

CAMP NEAR STRASBURG, VIRGINIA, October 21, 1864. DEAR UNCLE:— Early reinforced by a division or two of Longstreet's Corps was foolish ...

CAMP NEAR STRASBURG, VIRGINIA, October 25, 1864. MY DARLING:—   . . . .We expect to remain here some time yet. I suspect that apprehension...