Athens, East Tennessee , 22 August, 1848. Dear Cobb , I reached the Stone Mountain on the morning of the 16th inst., the day after the ...

Washington, D. C. Apr. 16, 1848. Dear Thomas , I received your letter of the 9th inst. today and I am very glad to hear you are improv...

We have the following dispatch from Gen. Beauregard, which is really refreshing in this season of disasters: Charleston , July 22d, 186...

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...

The newspapers have a dispatch, to-day, from Jackson, Miss., which says the enemy have fallen back from the position lately occupied by the...

Gen. Beauregard's statement of the number of his troops, after 10,000 had been ordered to Mississippi, with urgent appeals for the orde...

This evening Gen'l Schenck ,accompanied by Gen'l Garfield and Judge Kelley , came in to insist upon some order which would prevent ...

in Bivouac Massanatan Pass, Opposite New Market, May 6, 1862. A word with you in the rough confusion of our mountain bivouac. Sun...

Very cloudy and a high gale all day; formed line for review at 9 a. m.; moved a half mile out of camp, stacked arms, remained two hours and...

Culpepper C. H., Va. , April 28, 1864. . . . The General and I dined to-day with the Honorable John Minor Botts, the man who presents t...

April 13, 1864. We went to a review of Birney's Division near J. M. Bott's house. The two brigades are under H. Ward and Alex. ...

Headquarters Army Of Potomac November 13, 1863 Here we continue to dwell in our pine wood, in grave content, consuming herds of cattl...

Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , September 19, 1863. At present I am very busy. I made the advance I did under the belief that Lee ha...

On Saturday night Capt. Goodwin, by order of the Government, proceeded, with a party of select-men to the farm of John Minor Botts, and to...

BALTIMORE, March 5. A letter from Fort Monroe published in the American of this city, says that yesterday’s Richmond Dispatch announces th...

FORT MONROE, March 4. A flag of truce was sent over to Craney Island to-day, but no passengers returned. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 28. The Conf...

A correspondent recently returned from Richmond, Va., thus alludes to the position Mr. Botts is now placed in: “When in Richmond I saw Mr. B...

Interesting Narrative – Meeting of the Citizens of Richmond – The City will be Surrendered – Rebel Deserters – Eighty-six Rebel Prisoners Re...

EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF SCHUYLER COLFAX, OF INDIANA, ON THE CONFISCATION BILL. The Catilines who sat here in the Council Chambers of the...

WILMINGTON, April 18. Private letters, dated April 17th, say the enemy attacked Fort Macon last Saturday, and had been fighting two days. C...