Raining this morning. get a pass to go to Ft. Gains to Muster. So foggy boat does not run. continues to rain by spells all day—Discharge rea...

A. M. to Ft. Morgan. at 12 M. Steamer Tamanlapas crosses. to Ft Gaines, I succeed in being mustered to date from Feb 21st 1865. Judge Ft Gai...

Morning with major Boydston to Ft Morgan to go to Ft Gaines No boat. All through fort. Near the pier & within 400 yds. of Ft. a pole whi...

Slept well, rained all night. At 10. a. m. start through pass. aground at 11. Brown with 4 co of our Regt passes us here. Men runing short o...

We have been three days in camp, and have fully recovered from the fatigues of our long journey. Drill is the order of the day, as it is the...

MOBILE, August 11, 1864. Hon. J. A. SEDDON,     Secretary of War: Raid preparing at Pensacola Navy-Yard; quiet elsewhere. Nothing late from...

Hot and dry until 4 P.M. Gust, and 15 minutes' rain. Good for turnips. Forts Gaines and Powell are lost—the latter blown up. Gen. Maur...

Received dispatches to-day from Admiral Farragut confirming intelligence received several days since through Rebel sources. The official acc...

JOHN W. McLAUGHLIN , farmer and stock-raiser, living on section 30, Decatur Township, was born in Marion County, Ohio, April 24, 1840, he b...

The rumor that Gen. Lee had resigned was simply a fabrication. His headquarters, a few days ago, were at Culpepper C. H., and may be soon t...

Regt on the road at 6. at 7.30 made Bon secure bayou, see great heaps of oyster shells more low ground today. they bay & gulf one place...

Raining this morning. get a pass to go to Ft. Gains to Muster. So foggy boat does not run. continues to rain by spells all day — Discharge ...

A. M. to Ft. Morgan, at 12 M. Steamer Tamanlapas crosses, to Ft Gaines, I succeed in being mustered to date from Feb 21st 1865. Judge Ft Ga...

Morning with major Boydston to Ft Morgan to go to Ft Gaines No boat. All through fort. Near the pier & within 400 yds. of Ft. a pole wh...

Slept well, rained all night. At 10. a. m. start through pass, aground at 11. Brown with 4 co of our Regt passes us here. Men runing short ...

I was disappointed in the aspect of Mobile. It is a regular rectangular American city, built on a sandy flat, and covering a deal of ground...

Mr. Forsyth had been good enough to invite me to an excursion down the Bay of Mobile, to the forts built by Uncle Sam and his French engine...

Mobile, Ala. , May 17, 1865. My Dear Wife: We have news this morning that Jeff Davis has been arrested and sent to Washington under g...

Headquarters District Of South Alabama, Fort Gaines, Ala ., April 26, 1865. I had somewhat of an adventure yesterday, and came near i...

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTH ALABAMA, Fort Gaines , April 29, 1865. My Dear Wife : Your very interesting and affectionate letter ...