In camp at Warrenton. Gen. McClellan left the army to-day, and Gen. Burnside was his successor. He reviewed the troops before he left, and w...

I cannot but feel depressed at what seems to be great imbecility in the management of our military affairs. By whose fault, I know not. Here...

Part of the truth relating to the story of yesterday's fight has come to light. The fact is, these "great fights," "great...

It is half-past eight o'clock, and we are still but eight miles from Clarksburg. We were informed this morning that the secession troops...

Two men in the guard-house. We are improving. Baltimore whiskey got into the camp some way and these men found it. At dress parade to-night,...

OPENING THE GREAT WILDERNESS BATTLES. Before day bugles blowed, drums beat; men get ready to march. At dawn troops were moving; at sunrise...

Near Petersburg, Va . ,           November 3, 1864. We are still quiet. Nothing is going on except the continual fighting of the skirmishe...

Rained last night; clear this morning, and All quiet below, except the occasional bombs thrown at the canal by our iron-clads. The press...

 Warm; rain and wind (south) all night. Quiet below. One of the enemy's pickets said to one of ours, last night, that Warren's cor...

Camp near Richmond, Va.,           June 29, 1862. I was correct in my last letter to you when I predicted that the great battle had commen...

Cloudy and somber. We have authentic intelligence of the defeat of our forces under Gen. Early, near Winchester. Two generals, Rhodes and ...

HEADQUARTERS CAMP DICK ROBINSON,           September 30 , 1861 . Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN,           Commanding Department of the Pot...

NEAR KINGSTON, ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE,           October 27 , 1861 . (Received November 4.) General THOMAS: SIR: I am now within a few ...

WASHINGTON, December 3, 1861. Brig. Gen. D.C. BUELL, Louisville: MY DEAR BUELL: I inclose two letters, which were referred to me by the P...

A bright, cool morning. Dispatches from Lieut.-Gen. R. Taylor indicate that Federal troops are passing up the Mississippi River, and that ...

Cool and cloudy; symptoms of the equinoctial gale. We have intelligence of another brilliant feat of Gen. Wade Hampton. Day before yesterd...

Rear-Admiral Dahlgren returned this morning from Charleston. Two years since he left. Simultaneous with his return come tidings of the death...

FREMONT, June 22, 1865. DEAREST:— I came here Monday, and am enjoying life as well as could be expected without my darling. Uncle has enla...

Clear, bright, and cool. The intelligence from the North indicates that Gen. McClellan will be nominated for the Presidency. Judge Campbel...

Bright, and cool, and dry. It is reported that a battle has occurred at Atlanta; but I have seen no official confirmation of it. It is r...