cantonment Hicks , Near Frederick, January 13, 1861. “Si le combat est pr é vu, la troupe se met en grande tenue; elle doit cette polit...

It is now Sunday morning, and quite cold. We have been building a log-kitchen, and are now building a stable. The government has, I underst...

pleasant Hill , September 12, 1861, Thursday Morning. Yes! There they go again! Home, sweet home! And then the maddening suggestion o...

To-day I devoted to packing up such things as I did not require, and sending them to New York. I received a characteristic note from Genera...

charlestown, Va ., July 18, 1861. From Bunker Hill to Charlestown may not seem a long way to a Massachusetts man, but in Virginia it is...

Washington , March 4, 1861. Dear Father , — This morning broke badly, but at noon the sky cleared. I remained quietly at Willard's,...