News has come that Lee's army has surrendered! We are struck dumb with astonishment! Why then all these four years of suffering — of se...

Richmond , Tuesday, January 24th, 1865. You will get this by General Smith. He goes up to rest, leaving me to discharge his duties as w...

Have had many experiences since yesterday morning. Our guard has been very kind, and we have done everything for them as if they were our o...

We have just heard that Gen. Smith, Col. Williamson, and Col. Gilham with some of the Cadets have been taken prisoners! Where is my husband...

My birthday. I feel the pressure of years upon me in this respect, that all life seems sadder; hope's wings droop; illusions vanish. Ye...

We surely “dwell in the midst of alarms.” We were roused from our beds this morning at five o'clock by an order for the impressment of ...