NEW CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA, April 19, 1865. MY DARLING:— I have just returned from Cumberland to meet Dr. Joe from Winchester and to see the...

I was actively engaged in bringing forward business which had been interrupted and suspended, issuing orders, and in arranging for the funer...

Details in regard to the funeral, which takes place on the 19th, occupied general attention and little else than preliminary arrangements an...

The funeral on Wednesday, the 19th, was imposing, sad, and sorrowful. All felt the solemnity, and sorrowed as if they had lost one of their ...

On the morning of Friday, the 21st, I went by appointment or agreement to the Capitol at 6 A.M. Stanton had agreed to call for me before six...

Had a very good night's rest. Up early. Pleasant visit with an Indiana man. Several Southern ladies on board the boat. Great gloom in W...

Reached Pittsburg at 2 P. M. Left on Cleveland train at 3. Pittsburg in mourning. Rode in company with a Cleveland man, Briggs, I believe. ...

The day of President Lincoln's funeral. A sad, disconnected day. I could not work, but strolled around to see the houses, variously dra...

WAR DEPARTMENT,           April 15 , 1865 — 3 p.m. Major General DIX: Official notice of the death of the late President Abraham L...

All duty except guard and picket suspended since the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. These are days of mourning. Officers wear crape on the l...

Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, Burksville, Va. , April 27, 1865. I have received your letters of the 22d and 23d insts. Such exh...