Mr. Stanton sent, informing me he had a private telegram from General Grant which he would submit. I had last night word from General G. inf...

The contractors for the Puritan and Dictator are in trouble and embarrassed. Congress has extended to them relief, contingent on my action. ...

Navy Department March 6” 1862. My dear Commodore: I had a long talk with McClellan to-day to see if he had any objections to givin...

Unofficial Flag Ship 'Wabash'                               Port Royal Harbor S.C.                        January 11 l862 ...

Wassaw Sound Flag. Jan 4th 1861 Dear Davis — I had a conversation with a contraband on board Gillis vessel who goes up in the Harry...

[Copy] Confidential Flag, Wassaw Sound Jan y 2, 186[2] Dear Davis I learn from Isaac Tatnall Gillis, Contraband, who escaped fr...

Confidential. Port Royal, Jany. 4, 62. My Dear Sir The Vanderbilt played us a scurvy trick yesterday, having gone off without our m...

Private Wabash Port Royal Christmas Day 1861 My Dear Mr. Fox A Merry Christmas to you and Mr. Welles, and may the prodigious ener...

Private Wabash, 15, Nov. 61 Port Royal.       Dear Mr. Fox, The Atlantic goes to-morrow to return. She takes my detailed official...

My time has been so occupied that I was unable to note down daily current events, which, however, have not been of special importance. It h...

It is represented that the mob in New York is about subdued. Why it was permitted to continue so long and commit such excess has not been e...

I have three telegrams from Dr. Whelan to-day, all of the same tenor. The last, at 4 p.m., says Admiral Foote continues much the same, — i...

An oppressive and anxious feeling in relation to movements at Charleston. It has been expected an attack would be made the first week in Ap...

There is a rumor that Fitz John Porter, whose trial of over forty days has interested the public, is found guilty and has been cashiered. A...