ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 16th, 1861. MY DEAR BROTHER: I am so much in the woods here that I can't keep up with the times at all. Indeed, you i...

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,                    Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, April 29 , 1862 . SIR: I have the honor to rep...

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,                    New Orleans, May 8 , 1862 . SIR: I have the honor to report my further operati...

To Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec’y of the Navy: I have the honor to announce that in the providence of God, which smiles on a just cause, the ...

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...

This fort, which, it is reported is now in the possession of the Union Forces, guards the Rigolets or main passage between Lake Borgne and ...

WASHINGTON, March 22. – It is asserted as the prevailing opinion that by this time the national flag floats over New Orleans, and that our ...

CHICAGO, March 25. – The Tribune’s Special from Cairo says that a gentleman just from Memphis brings the following information: Memphis...

Special to the Chicago Tribune. WASHINGTON, March 23. The States this evening says it is the impression in naval and military circles, th...

OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. BUTLER. HEAD QUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, FORTS JACKSON AND ST. PHILLIP, April 29, 1862. To Hon. E. M. Stanton...

ARRIVAL OF UNION REFUGEES – CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS – DESTRUCTION OF REBEL GUNBOATS AND ARMY STORES – GREAT PANIC IN DIXIE – PICAYUNE BUTLER ...