ON BOARD DANDELION,                                     Ossabaw Sound, December 13 , 1864 — 11 . 50 p.m.                 (Received 15 ...

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,                       Washington, December 16 , 1864 . (Via Hilton Head.) Major-General SHERMAN: GENERAL:...

Private Dec. 21. Port Royal Str Wabash. My Dear Sir I have applied for an ordnance Lieut. Will you do me the favor to order Lt. A. ...

Answered a letter from J. P. Hale, Chairman of Naval Committee, on the question of increasing the Marine Corps. In answering the inquiries ...

No news from our armies. The President was in Mobile two days-ago. Gen. Rosecrans has been removed from his command, and Grant put in hi...

I went early this A.M. to the President on the subject of procuring a transfer of seamen from the Army to the Navy. After reading the paper...

Tom and Admiral Dahlgren returned from Fortress Monroe, but without the remains of young Dahlgren. We are running short of sailors a...

Wilson returned from New York on Saturday. Called to-day and made report in case of the contractors. Says the evidence is strong and conclu...

Called yesterday to see Admiral Dahlgren. While there the President and Secretary of War came in with a telegram from General Butler, annou...

There are exciting rumors respecting army movements in front. From what I learn, Kilpatrick, with a large cavalry force, is to make a raid ...

Governor Thomas of Maryland called on me to-day in behalf of Commodore Ringgold, who wants a vote of thanks on the recommendation of the Pr...

A very busy day, and I am very indifferently well to discharge the mass of business; but got through with it before 5 P.m. Am surprised tha...

Had a brief talk to-day with Chase on financial matters. He seems embarrassed how to proceed, but, being fertile in resources, listening to...

ON BOARD DANDELION,             Ossabaw Sound, December 13 , 1864 — 11 . 50 p.m.   (Received 15 th.) General H. W. HALLECK, Washing...

General Terry and Colonel Hawley from Morris Island, before Charleston, called on me. Both are prejudiced against Dahlgren, and the two are...

Mr. Seward called early this morning and read me the draft of a proclamation for Thanksgiving. I complimented the paper as very well done, ...

Complaints of slow progress at Charleston reach us. Censure is thrown upon Dahlgren which is not altogether just. His undue promotion requi...

Unpleasant rumors of a disagreement between Dahlgren and Gillmore and that the latter had requested to be relieved of his present command. ...

Dispatches and also a private letter from Dahlgren speak of the assault and repulse at Sumter. Neither is clear and explicit. I should judg...

Wrote Dahlgren, who has serious apprehensions about Laird's ironclad steamers, which troubled Du Pont, that I thought he might feel ass...