I AM INTERVIEWED. Passing along Pollock, above Middle street, today, I was accosted by a man who was sitting on the veranda of his hous...

What means Stanley 1 in N. C.? Don't they know whom they send? Do they wish to drive our N. E. troops out of the field and disgust man...

Legation of the United States, March 3, 1863.             My Dearest Mother : As I have now made up my mind that our war is to be pro...

Cleared up the snow from the ground in the morning. Boys came in from picket. How bright the war prospect looks. Hope to see home by July 4...

Today I explained to the Twenty-third Order Number 191 respecting the re-enlistment of veteran volunteers. I told them I would not urge the...

Today I explained to the Twenty-third Order Number 191 respecting the re-enlistment of veteran volunteers. I told them I would not urge the...

Flat Top Mountain. — A bitterly cold morning — too cold to snow! Gradually warmed up. P. M. rode with Avery four or five miles. Our horses...

Oh, dear! Another day finds us in the same old position. I wonder if this awful war will ever find an end? It looks worse to me than ever. ...

roslyn , May 14, 1863 How this war drags on! Yet I cannot help believing that it will end suddenly, almost unexpectedly, as the Indian ...

Headquarters 2d Brigade, S. C. Beaufort, S. C. March 10th, 1862. My dearest Mother: The “Atlantic” brought Wm. Elliott who had muc...

camp Near Harrisonburg , April 29, 1862. I believe I wrote you a short letter since our arrival here. Written in a northeast storm, per...

New York, May 19, 1861. Dear Sir: The intelligence that the War for the Union is to be prosecuted with emphatic vigor, and that the t...

Ladies and Gentlemen – Calling to mind that we are in Baltimore, we can not fail to note that the world moves. Looking upon these many peop...

Christmas at Halltown. We hope this will be our last Christmas in the service, and that the war will soon be over. We write many letters an...

Legation of the United States of America, Vienna, August 29, 1862. My Dear Bismarck : I have been at this point now about eight month...

camp Near Edinburg , April 9, 1862. Scene, camp, snowing and raining, and blowing angrily; Time, Tuesday morning. The Major Second Mass...

Boston, 21 Charles Street, August 29, 1862. My Dear Motley : I don't know how I can employ the evening of my birthday better than...

Still rain! — Read Bulwer's “Strange Story.” One idea I get: “We have an instinctive longing for a future existence”; ergo, there is a ...

Near Vining Station, Ga., July 16, 1864. The President, in his wisdom or his weakness, has stopped all capital punishment in the army...

Many reports of the great battle came late last night and this morning. Great cheering and rejoicing. Our gallant Phil rode from Winchester...