Still at our camps near Jackson doing absolutely nothing, living on the shortest possible commons. Had dress-parade yesterday for the first ...

After a lapse of several days, I again resume my diary. I was taken sick on the 1st inst., and have been unable to note the incidents as the...

We left Alexandria yesterday, to the manifest joy of the inhabitants of that village, and I believe our own crew is as happy at the parting ...

Passing Chestnut Mound, our company put up for the night one mile beyond. The rest of the battalion remained near Chestnut Mound. Under th...

A white frost ; first frost of the season. All quiet below. Gen. W. M. Gardner (in Gen. Winder's place) reports that of the exempts a...

Hot and dry, and the famine continues. The Secretary of War intimated on Saturday that if the clerks of the bureaus would raise a fund and...

Clear and dry. It is believed that a battery sent down opposite to Harrison's Bar in the James River sank two of the enemy's trans...

NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS., June 27, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,           General-in- Chief: Joe Johnston has postponed his attack until h...

HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENN., Near Vicksburg, June 27, 1863. Brig. Gen. E. S. DENNIS,           Comdg. District of Northeastern Louisiana: GE...

Clear and pleasant weather, but dusty. The Departmental Battalion marched away, last night, from the Chickahominy (guarding a ford when no...

Showers and sunshine, the first preponderating. Our killed and wounded in Beauregard's battle amount to some 1500. The enemy lost 1000...

There was ice last night. Cold all day. Gen. Maury writes that no immediate attack on Mobile need be apprehended now. He goes next to Savann...

JUDGE J. M. DICKINSON, General Solicitor and Counselor Illinois Central Railroad. Jacob McGavock Dickinson was born in Columbus, Miss...

Brigadier-General James Edward Rains, one of the many civilians who rose to high military command during the great war between the States, ...

NASHVILLE, TENN., March 15 , 1862 . Major-General HALLECK: Your dispatch of yesterday received this morning. Undoubtedly we should...

Nothing definite from Lee. I fear his little campaign from the Rapidan to Bull Run was not a glorious one, although Meade did run to the fo...

After all the rumors from Northern Virginia, I have seen nothing official. I incline to the belief that we have achieved no success further...

No battle had occurred in Northern Virginia up to 10 o'clock yesterday morning, although there is a constant stream of prisoners being ...

It is now said that Meade's army has not retired, and that two corps of it have not been sent to Rosecrans. Well, we shall know more so...

No. 12. Report of Brig. Gen. N. B. Forrest, C. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Brigade. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF EAST TENNESSEE,     ...