Camp Cairo, Ills. Saturday morning cloudy. From present appearances one would think our stay here would be for several days—as there is no s...

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,           Washington, April 1 , 1861 . Bvt.. Col. HARVEY BROWN, U. S Army, Washington, D. C.: SIR: You ...

Bird's Point, Mo. , January 20, 1862. It goes confounded good once more to stand on boards, and be able to sit down without wet com...

It seems from the opinions of the Army officers who have expressed themselves on the subject – all within Fort Sumter, together with Genera...

FT. MONROE, April 29. A flag of truce from Norfolk to-day brought down the wife and family of Parson Brownlow, and also the wife of Con...

CAIRO, Jan. 24. – The two gunboats sent up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, as well as the two boats off Forts Holt and Jefferson in th...

. . . it is worthy of note, in connection with the news from Florida, that the assistant Treasurer received yesterday morning his first rem...

NEW YORK, March 26. The steamer Columbia from, Havana 22d inst., arrived this afternoon.   She has Vera Cruz dates of the 14 th . The Engl...

Under the proclamation of President Lincoln, bearing date May 3, 1861, the companies composing this regiment were ordered to rendezvous at B...