General Banks sent a flag of truce to General Gardner demanding a surrender of the place, but the rebel General could not see the necessity...

It may be wrong; I feel very contrite; but still I cannot help thinking it is an error on the right side. It began by Miriam sending Mr. Co...

Friday morning we arose and prepared to resume our journey for Bonfouca, twenty-three miles away. The man walked in very unceremoniously to...

Bonfouca . – When I paused on Thursday to rest a few moments, how little idea I had that the rest I was taking would soon be required for a...

“To be, or not to be; that's the question.” Whether ’tis nobler in the Confederacy to suffer the pangs of unappeasable hunger and never...

VlCKSBURG, July 11, 1863. My Dear Mother: I have just debarked on my return from Port Hudson and finished my report to General Grant....