We camped within a few miles of Malvern Hill last night, and to-day our forces reoccupied the hill without any opposition, capturing some se...

Left Petersburg last evening with a force of some 1,000 or 1,200 men, on a scouting expedition into Prince George county, where the Federals...

Pleasant morning but the ground is covered with snow tonight. Snowed very hard the middle of the day. It has thawed all the time. Went to ch...

The weather is now fine & the roads are drying up. Troops are coming into the City and crossing over the River. Rumors afloat of fightin...

The “Stars & Stripes” are floating over Centreville & Mannasses, the Rebels having ran away. M c Clellan is there with over two hund...

There is no particular news today in the papers. Col Dutton concluded to come down and stay with us until he gets better. Doct David came wi...

The Frederick Cadogans and Pahlen dined with me, and we went to Léotard in the evening-his performance is as wonderful as it is beautiful in...

Some men of the First Minnesota, and Corporal Butler, of our battery, took possession of Gregg's printing office, of "The Berryvill...

We are to join McClellan's army on the Peninsula. Had battery drill in the afternoon, and directly after that marched to the foot of G s...

Went to Washington to see off a friend who has been spending a few weeks with me, as mess-mate. I felt sadly at the parting, and being lonel...

These mountain streams are unreliable. We had come to regard the one on which we are encamped as a quiet, orderly little river, that would b...

Five companies of the Twenty-third Ohio and five companies of the Ninth Ohio arrived to-day, and are encamped in a maple grove about a mile ...

THE truth about Bull Run will, perhaps, only reach the people when it becomes reduced to an historical use. I gather what I am sure is true....

In Senate until late. After tea went with Sheffield to the Presidents—Genl. McClellan came in whilst there. He said but little. Does not see...

Cloudy morning and rain before noon again. The roads were getting quite passable yesterday. There was a stir among the Military. Genl Banks ...

This has been a cool, windy, drying day and a few such are much needed to dry up the roads. In the absence of War news from the Army, all so...

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,           Saint Louis, March 10 , 1862 — 7 p.m. Major-general MCCLELLAN, Washington: Reserves i...

Gen. Grant is still prosecuting the campaign against Richmond. Severe fighting is reported Saturday by Hancock, and that the rebels were def...

Marched at seven o'clock A. M. Arrived at Adamstown by eleven o'clock A. M. General Banks was at Harper's Ferry already. Troops ...

Rienzi. We were aroused this morning with the same story of march and ordered to cook three days' rations and be ready to march at 1 P. ...