Arrived at Harrisburg early in the morning. Coffee, bread and pies were given to us by inhabitants of that place. After a short halt, we res...

Franklin County, Pa.,           June 28, 1863. We are in Yankeedom this time, for certain, and a beautiful and magnificent country it is t...

Clear, hot, and dry; my snap beans, corn, etc. burning up. The papers this morning fail to confirm the capture of as many prisoners, near ...

WAR DEPARTMENT, June 10 , 1863 . Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Harrisburg: Major-General Couch has been assigned to the command of the Departm...

The intelligence of the capture of Harrisburg and York, Pa., is so far confirmed as to be admitted by the officers of the Federal flag of t...

Dispatches from the West show that we still held Vicksburg at the last dates; and, moreover, Gen. Taylor (son of Zachary Taylor) had storme...

There is no confirmation of the report of the fall of Vicksburg, but it may be so; nor is it certain that we have advanced to Harrisburg, b...

Sunday Afternoon . — There are two reports of important events current in the streets: first, that Lee's army has taken and destroyed H...

WASHINGTON, 3.15 P.M. April 21, 1861 J. W. GARRETT, Pres. WE have again seen the Pres., Gen’l. Scott, Sec'y of War, and other mem...

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 8 , 1862 – 4 . 30 p.m. Governor CURTIN,   Harrisburg: Your telegram just received. We have no troops i...