At 1 o'clock last night we were aroused by guards shouting "Get out o'har, you'uns, in five minutes to take ca's for Ri...

OPENING THE GREAT WILDERNESS BATTLES. Before day bugles blowed, drums beat; men get ready to march. At dawn troops were moving; at sunrise...

Near Petersburg, Va.,           Sunday, October 2, 1864. Last Thursday afternoon we received orders to be in readiness to move to the nort...

Near Petersburg, Va . ,           November 3, 1864. We are still quiet. Nothing is going on except the continual fighting of the skirmishe...

Clear and cold. Lincoln is re-elected, and has called for a  million  of men! This makes many of our croaking people despondent; others th...

Rained all night; glimpses of the sun between the running clouds this morning. Windy, and likely to be cold. Our iron-clad “Albemarle” was...

Clear and cold. Grant has attempted nothing this week, and it is probably too late for any demonstration to affect the election. I infer t...

Bright and frosty. All quiet below. Another day, and if it remains quiet, we may know that Lincoln will be re-elected. It is said news c...

Wet and warm; all quiet below, and much mud there. Congress assembled yesterday, and the President's message was read. He recommends t...

Rained last night; clear this morning, and All quiet below, except the occasional bombs thrown at the canal by our iron-clads. The press...

 Warm; rain and wind (south) all night. Quiet below. One of the enemy's pickets said to one of ours, last night, that Warren's cor...

Clear and pleasant. All quiet. No doubt, from the indications, Lincoln has been re-elected. Now preparations must be made for the further ...

Rained all night; clear and cool this morning. The government publishes nothing from Georgia yet; but it is supposed there is intelligence...

A bright and glorious day—above. All was quiet yesterday below, indicating that the enemy suffered severely in the last assault on our lin...

Bright and beautiful. Still all quiet below, and reinforcements (details revoked) are not arriving—1000 per day. The Northern news makes...

Misty and damp, but warm. Guns heard down the river. On Friday, it seems, the enemy penetrated and held a portion of our works below Peter...

Cool and cloudy; symptoms of the equinoctial gale. We have intelligence of another brilliant feat of Gen. Wade Hampton. Day before yesterd...

Clear, bright, and cool. The intelligence from the North indicates that Gen. McClellan will be nominated for the Presidency. Judge Campbel...

Bright, and cool, and dry. It is reported that a battle has occurred at Atlanta; but I have seen no official confirmation of it. It is r...

Cloudy and pleasant; no rain last night, but the earth is saturated. No additional news from the army. It is said Gen. Bragg prevents news, ...