WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6, 1866. MY DARLING:— I knew you would feel more keenly the loss of the dear boy when you got home, and in the qui...

Clyde, Ohio , August 8, 1864. To General Grant: Dear Sir :—I hope you will pardon me for troubling you with the perusal of these few l...

Head-quartees Armies Of The U. S. CitY Point, Va. , Aug. 10, 1864. Mrs. LYdia Slocum: My Dear Madam :—Your very welcome letter of th...

Camp White , August 23, i863. Dearest :   — Very glad to get your good letter from Columbus. I wish I could travel with you a few weeks...

The departments and all places of business are still closed in honor of Gen. Jackson, whose funeral will take place to-day. The remains wil...

Camp Green Meadows. — A warm, beautiful day. The men busy building shades (bowers or arbors) over their streets and tents, cleaning out the...

Camp Jones, Flat Top. — . . . Rather agreeable social evenings with the officers at my quarters, the band enlivening us with its good music...

Boston, 21 Charles Street, August 29, 1862. My Dear Motley : I don't know how I can employ the evening of my birthday better than...

Better to-day. A long, long weary day in grief has passed away. I suppose General Chesnut is somewhere—but where? that is the question. Onl...

My husband has come. He believes from what he heard in Richmond that we are to be recognized as a nation by the crowned heads across the wa...