Little book, give me your ear. Close! There! Promise me never to breathe it! Blank loves Blank! Yes, he does! And she doesn't care for h...

At 1 o'clock last night we were aroused by guards shouting "Get out o'har, you'uns, in five minutes to take ca's for Ri...

BEHIND THE ENEMY'S GUNS; LEE AND LONGSTREET. Up at earliest dawn. Feeling quite well. The sound of battle was in our ears. The ground ...

Clear and cool. It is now said Mr. Seddon's resignation has not yet been accepted, and that his friends are urging the President to pers...

PETERSBURG, December 10, 1864. About noon yesterday the First Division of Second Corps of enemy, supporting their cavalry, forced back ou...

It is said we will remain here for a few days. All is quiet this morning. Our camp is at the foot of Lookout Mountain, in the Chattanooga va...

HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY CORPS,           November 14 , 1864 . Lieut. Col. W. H. TAYLOR,           Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of Northe...

Cloudy and melting—snow vanishing rapidly. The thousand and one rumors of great achievements of Gen. Longstreet on the north side of the riv...

This morning a squad of twenty men, under the command of Lieutenant Fergus, is sent out on a scout to Eastport, Tennessee river, and another...

Camp near Orange Court House, Va . , April 19, 1864. We are still in camp, but yesterday we received an order to send back all surplus bag...

Wilderness, May 7, 1864. On the 5th we marched all day on the plank road from Orange Court House to this place. We got into a hard fight o...

Camp near Orange Court House, Va . , September 16, 1863. For two or three days we have been expecting another fight, and we had three days...

Cloudy; rained last night. 2 P.M.—Cold, and prospects of snow. The news of Early's disaster, and loss of artillery at Strasburg, is co...

Bright and beautiful. Some firing was heard early this morning on the Darbytown road, or in that direction; but it soon ceased, and no fig...

Fog; then sunshine all day, but cool. Troops have been marching through the city all day from the south side. I presume others take their ...

A clear, but cool day. Again planted corn, the other having rotted. There is an unofficial report that one of our torpedo boats struck the...

Bright morning—cloudy and cold the rest of the day. No reliable war news to-day; but we are on the tip-toe of expectation of exciting news...

It rained furiously all night; wind northwest, and snowed to-day until 12 M. to a depth of several inches. It is still blowing a gale from t...

A bright spring day. We look for startling news from the Rappahannock in a few days. Longstreet will be there. Gen. Lee writes that the ...

February 25, 1865. Have not moved to-day. Rebels captured 15 men of the 29 Missouri to-day. Our foragers have been straggling for seven or...