Near Chaffin's Bluff, Va.,           July 6, 1864. I have not written to you for several days because I knew a letter could not go Sou...

Camp near Rappahannock River, Culpeper County, Va., October 20, 1863. This is the first chance I have had to write to you since we started o...

Hospital near Hamilton's Crossing, Va . ,           June 12, 1863. Our corps is lying in line of battle in the trenches, and has been ...

HEADQUARTERS,            August 26, 1864. (Via Petersburg.) General A. P. Hill attacked the enemy in his intrenchments at Reams' Stat...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,           May 5, 1864—11 p.m. ( Received 6th. ) The enemy crossed the Rapidan yesterday at Ely'...

Bright and warm. The following is Gen. Lee's dispatch, received yesterday morning—the  italics  not his. HEADQUARTERS ARMY NORTHERN VI...

Reinforcements coming in rapidly via W. H. and also Fredericksburg. 13th O. C. arrived. Saw paper of the 31st. News very encouraging. Repor...

BOYDTON ROAD, NEAR PETERSBURG,           April 2 , 1865 — 4 . 40 . Col. T. S. BOWERS, City Point: We are now up, and have a con...

MILFORD, May 3 , 1863 . President DAVIS: Yesterday General Jackson, with three of his divisions, penetrated to the rear of the enemy...

This morning early the tocsin sounded, and the din, kept up for several hours, intensified the alarm. The presence of the enemy would not h...

Camp Flat Top Mountain , May 25, 1862. Dearest : — Dr. Joe has a letter from McCabe in which he speaks of your anxiety on my account. I...

Camp Flat Top Mountain , May 24, 1862. Dear Mother : — I have written you twice this month, but am not sure as to your getting my lette...

Flat Top Mountain. — Cold, rainy, and windy, — an old-fashioned storm. Men bivouacking! Colonel Crook, of [the] Third Brigade, was attacke...

Sunday!! Came again unawares upon me at Princeton. At 1 or 2 A. M. aroused to prepare to move. Moved off quietly; got off, again unmolested...

Camp At Mouth Of East River, Giles County, Virginia , May n, 1862. Dearest : — Since I wrote you last I have lived a great deal. Do y...

Camp Number 6, Giles , May 7, 1862, 6:30 o'clock. Sir : — We arrived here after a pretty severe march of twenty-eight miles. We kno...

At 6 A.M. I rode to the field with Colonel Manning, and went over that portion of the ground which, after a fierce contest, had been won fr...

We all got up at 3.30 A.M., and breakfasted a little before daylight. Lawley insisted on riding, notwithstanding his illness. Captain and I...

Camp No. 5, Princeton, Mercer County, Virginia, May 2, 1862. Dearest : — I reached yesterday this town after a hard day's march o...

Spotsylvania County, Va. May 10, 1864. Dear Father: This is my last letter to you. I went into battle this evening as courier for G...