To His Excellency John A. Andrew . Dear Sir : — Last week a deputation from my Philadelphia committee visited Washington to confer with ...

Somerville , Dec. 7th, 1863. My Dear Sir , — It gives me great pleasure to present, at your request, a statement of the impression made...

MORRIS ISLAND. S. C. July 20 MY DEAR AMELIA: I have been in two fights, and am unhurt. I am about to go in another I believe to-night. ...

MORRIS ISLAND, S[outh] C[arolina] July 20th, 1863 MY DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER: Wednesday July 8th, our regiment left St. Helena I...

Batteries Wagner and Gregg and Fort Sumter have been evacuated! But this is not yet the capture of Charleston. Gen. Beauregard telegraphed ...

We have no news of any importance from any of the armies. Gen. Bragg, however, telegraphs, August 31st, that he is concentrating his forces...

The department companies and militia returned yesterday, through a heavy shower, from the wild-goose chase they were rushed into by Gen. El...

There is trouble in the Conscription Bureau. Col. Preston, the new superintendent, finds it no bed of roses, made for him by Lieut.-Col. La...

Dispatches from Charleston, yesterday, brought the melancholy intelligence that Fort Sumter is but little more than a pile of rubbish. The ...

No news. It turns out that Gen. Taylor got only 500 prisoners at Donaldsonville, La., instead of 4000. A writer in the New York Tribune...

RochESTER , August 1st, 1863. MAJOR GEORGE L. STEARNS: My Dear Sir, Having declined to attend the meeting to promote enlistments, app...

Letters were received to-day from Gens. Beauregard, Mercer, Whitney, and S. Jones. It appears that Beauregard has some 6000 men of all ...

CHARLESTON, S.C., July 21 , 1863 — 9 p.m. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: Enemy recommenced s...

We have the following dispatch from Gen. Beauregard, which is really refreshing in this season of disasters: Charleston , July 22d, 186...

Our advices from Charleston show progress, though slow. The monitors perform well their part. Few casualties have occurred. We hear of a sa...

I had a call on Monday morning from Senator Morgan and Sam J. Tilden of New York in relation to the draft. General Cochrane was present dur...

The enemy's fire was getting pretty warm. They had the range perfectly; most of the shell burst in or over the works; but the men were ...

Evening of February 1st General Turner and I got on board a noisy little tug at the wharf which took us to the Ben Deford. We went upstairs...

General Ripley took me in his boat to Morris Island. We passed Fort Sumter on our left, and got aground for five minutes in its immediate n...

Oct. 13, 1863. I am sorry to disturb George, — but Mosby is an honourable foe, and should be treated as such. S. and I had various tilt...