OFFICE ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY, St. Louis, April 25, 1861. DEAR BROTHER: Virginia's secession influences some six millions of peop...

At my special request the President made an order restoring General Hawley to duty, who had been mustered out of service. Had some conversat...

I have been absent during most of the month of September in my native State and among the scenes of my childhood and youth. Change is there....

July 25, 1864 We moved up to the rear of the corps on the 21, and had just got comfortably fixed for the night when orders came that we ...

Mr. Bigelow invited me to breakfast, to meet Mr. Senator King, Mr. Olmsted, Mr. Thurlow Weed, a Senator from Missouri, a West Point profess...

Only three of us were at the Cabinet council to-day. Some matters of interest were touched upon, but there was soon a discussion on recent ...

Had a call from General Frank Blair. He is bitter against Chase and the management of the Treasury Department, — its favorites and permits....

Certain persons in Boston have an innate conviction that they can improve the administration of the Navy Department. They are never united ...

Rode to-day with the President and the Secretary of State to the Capitol. Saw the statuary of the east pediment. The President objected to...

This is a very pleasant day, for which we are all thankful. We left for Washington City at 8 o'clock, and crossing the Potomac river ov...

At Dr. Payne's in morning — sermon excellent. Home in afternoon. In the evening went to War Department about expedition to Charleston; ...

Maj. Andrews came to breakfast. Told him I had seen Secretary of War, who had assured me that Col. Crook's commission as Brigadier had ...

new York , December 14, 1859. Probably Mr. Seward stays in Europe till the first flurry occasioned by the Harper's Ferry affair is ...

Reveille sounded at 3 o'clock and at 5 we started on our way to Waynesburg. We reached the place at noon and went into camp for the res...

NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS ., May 29 , 1863 . Maj. Gen. F. P. BLAIR,   Jr., Commanding Advance Expedition: Yours of the 28th, inclosing...

MILLIKEN'S BEND, May 2, 1863. As I wrote you on Wednesday , I went up Yazoo with two ironclad boats, four or five mosquitoes, or sm...

CAMP BEFORE VICKSBURG, April 23, 1863. Dear Brother: I have noticed in the Conscript Act the clauses which empowered the President ...

HEADQUARTERS, I5TH ARMY CORPS, CAMP BEFORE VICKSBURG, Feb. , 1863. 2 Dear Brother: I now know the secret of this last tirade agai...

CAMP NEAR VICKSBURG, Jan. 25, 1863. Dear Brother: I received yours of Jan. 2 , to-day, and being in camp with some leisure hasten t...

NAPOLEON, ARK., STEAMER FOREST QUEEN, Jan. 17, 1863. Dear Brother: . . . The gun boats were handled beautifully, and without th...