ALEXANDRIA, LA., Dec. 15, 1860. DEAREST MINNIE: I have been intending to write you a good long letter, and now I wish I could send you all...

Dry—the sky bright and brassy—the gardens almost ruined. Last evening definite news came in the  Washington Chronicle  of the 14th. Gen. E...

This morning companies F, G, H, I and K, mounted and equipped, under the command of Colonel Rowett leave Corinth. We move out on the Purdy r...

The drought continues; vegetation wilting and drying up. There is no war news, save some shelling by the enemy at Petersburg The raiders h...

Sunshine and clouds—warm. No fighting yesterday. It is reported that the enemy's cavalry and a corps of infantry recrossed the Pamunky...

Clear and cool. All quiet round the city; but Petersburg was assaulted yesterday and successfully defended. The battalion of clerks stil...

Clear and warm, but the atmosphere is charged with the smoke and dust of contending armies. The sun shines but dimly. Custis was with us l...

Near Davis' Cross Roads, five miles north of Tar river. May 1, 1865, 4:30 p. m. We are 35 miles from Raleigh to-night, which makes 24 ...

Bright morning, but windy; subsequently warmer, and wind lulled. Collards coming up. Potatoes all rotted in the ground during the recent col...