Clear and cool. It is now said Mr. Seddon's resignation has not yet been accepted, and that his friends are urging the President to pers...

Clear, and very cold. We lost gun-boat Drewry yesterday in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the enemy's pontoon bridge down the river....

Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS said, as a friend to the army, he rejoiced at the evidence now afforded of a disposition in this House to deal justly, t...

Bright. Fort Harrison (Federal) opened its batteries on our lines at Chaffin's Farm yesterday evening, without effect. An officer tell...

Raining and cold. Horrible for the troops in the trenches ! The battle, yesterday (on this side of the river), was an attempt of Gen. Lee ...

Foggy; then bright; then very warm. Gen. Lee is at Chaffin's Bluff. A dispatch from him this morning states that the enemy's infan...

Bright and beautiful. As I walked down to the department, heavy and brisk cannonading below assailed the ear. It was different from the or...

Cloudy, and occasional showers. None of the papers except the  Whig  were published this morning, the printers, etc. being called out to d...

Drury's Bluff, Va., May 9, 1865. We were reviewed by Howard, Logan and Hartsuff this morning as we passed through Petersburg. We lie t...

I am cast down by hearing that J. P. has been captured; he was caught while scouting in the enemy's lines, on James River. Poor child! ...

The armies around Richmond remain quiet. Butler is digging the canal at “Dutch Gap,” and Grant is fortifying “Fort Harrison” most vigorousl...

November 28,1864 Let me see, I had got to Fort Harrison, had I not? Really I got so sleepy last night over the second sheet that I shou...

November 27, 1864 I think I will occupy the remainder of this letter with an account of our picnic yesterday to Butlerdom. The day was ...