Longstreet's and A. P. Hill's divisions crossed to the south side of the Chickahominy to-day, and have moved eastward down the Darby...

BATTLE OF WILLIS'S CHURCH, OR FRAYSER'S FARM, MONDAY, JUNE 30TH, 1862. I was in the saddle from a little after sunrise yesterday m...

The fight comenced a little before the sun rose And we was plast (placed) in a line of Battel And was expecting to go in to it evry minuet b...

Bright and beautiful. The tocsin was sounded this morning at daybreak, and the militia ordered to the fortifications, to relieve some regime...

Bright and beautiful. Rev. Mr. Dashiell called, after services. The prayer for the President was omitted, by a previous understanding. Rev...

Rienzi. On roll call the Captain told us that Burnside had captured the whole of Longstreet's command at Harpers Ferry after their first...

Sunny and pleasant, but hazy in the south. Cannon heard, quite briskly, south of the city. The papers report that Gen. Hardee repulsed She...

We were awakened at 3 o'clock this morning to get ready to go, but remained until 4 p. m. During the day a train arrived with officers w...

Warm and cloudy. My cabbages coming up in the garden. The papers contain no war news whatever, yet there is great activity in the army. ...

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...