March 31. Our men are coming aboard again and we shall start for Fernandina this afternoon. Sending the men ashore was a great hit. Nearly...

No. 2. Report of Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan, C. S. Army, commanding District of East Florida. HDQRS. PROV. FORCES, DISTRICT EAST FLORIDA,...

March 7. This morning, at ten, the John Adams hove in sight. The officers report fog so dense as to prevent running her over the bar at Fe...

STEAMER Boston Mouth of St. John's River,           March 8, 1863. Waiting, waiting, waiting, with thermometer at 80° F. this bright Su...

U.S.S. Pawnee       Stono July 2" 1862  My dear Commodore Rodgers will tell you my opinions and feelings better than I can in a letter,...

STEAMER Ben Deford, FERNANDINA, FLA., January 28, 1863.   While superintending the transfer of the wounded from the John Adams last night, I...

WASHINGTON, D. C. , January 26, 1864. My Dear JUDGE : Mr. Goodrich sent me your kind note, and it was a real delight to me to see your h...

[Copy] Confidential Flag, Wassaw Sound Jan y 2, 186[2] Dear Davis I learn from Isaac Tatnall Gillis, Contraband, who escaped fr...

Private Wabash, 16 Dec Port Royal My Dear Sir I have been merged in reports, surveys, sick, broken machinery &c, so this mai...

Wabash Port Royal St r Nov. 25th 61.   My Dear Mr. Fox I don't think there is much use in writing private above, after your sen...

A fine day. Got away from Fernandina at half past five a. m. and arrived at Hilton Head at three p. m. SOURCES: Clara B. Hay,  Lette...

. . . . We reached Fernandina between four and five, entering the muddy water of this coast soon after dinner. We found there had been a he...

We went out to the bar and passed it. I heard the sea hammering on the guards, and turned over for another nap. Came back to Fernandina. Th...

Fernandina. I opened my books this morning and got a few more names. Some refused to sign on the ground that they were not repentant rebels...

This morning, as we neared Fernandina, I persuaded the General to go on to Jacksonville and send boat back here for us. We landed. . . . ...

Received orders from the General to go to St. Augustine with despatches for Col. Osborne to move his force, except two companies, to Picol...

[Wabash, off Fernandina, March 6th, 1862] Captain Davis has in charge for you a rifle captured at Fernandina, which I desire you to do...

< Sept 30, 1861 > 5   The public spirit is beginning to quail under the depressing influence of our prolonged inaction. Our people a...

January 19, 1862 I have just returned from a visit to the coast as far as Fernandina. Our defenses are growing stronger, but progress s...

COOSAWHATCHIE, South Carolina, January 18, 1862. I am truly grateful for all the mercies we enjoy, notwithstanding the miseries of war,...