Four days I have been ill. Among new men bloody flux and dysentery prevail; this is my trouble. I am better today; a fine breeze lifts me. F...

Northeast storm badly affects weak men. I know of twenty who since yesterday have sunk to utter helplessness; others have died within a few ...

It seems to me that the destinies of this admirable people are in strange hands. Mr. Lincoln, honest man of nature, perhaps an empiric, doct...

Dined this evening at Tassara's, the Spanish Minister. The banquet was given in honor of Dulce, late Governor-General of Cuba. Seward an...

COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 10, 1869. DEAR NORDHOFF: You are not the only "wretch" (I have adopted that good word from you) who har...

COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 11, 1869. MY DEAR SIR:—I am in receipt of your favor of the 9th in relation to the claims of Mr. Forster and Dr. ...

Rains incessantly from 5 A. M. Charles Shaw "E." Co. Detch'd as Post teamster shot in shoulder by an Indian soldier of the 9th...

ON BOARD THE "GEN. BUELL,"           OHIO RIVER, April 1, 1864. HAVING been duly commissioned and ordered to “report immediately...

Reached the "City of the Falls" in the night. Left the boat about six this morning, took a hasty breakfast at the “National,” then...

"Grant defeated, sho'," exclaimed a lieutenant who appeared on our floor this morning. We draw no rations today. Tomorrow we e...

Awakened by the guard at 4 a. m.; at daylight go on the street receiving a small day's ration, the fourth issue since our capture. Rain ...

Arrive at Columbia, S. C., at dawn. The night passed disagreeably. Although our destiny is prison, men are impatient at delays, growl at ...

St Paul March 23, '63 Dear Sir I will introduce myself to your notice as one of the Prisoners in the late Indian War in Minnesota. M...

HEADQUARTERS, TWELFTH CORPS D'ARMEE,           April 19, 1863. My Dear Clara: I received a beautiful bouquet this morning from Mary. T...

THE emancipation of slaves is virtually inaugurated. Gen. Butler, once a hard pro-slavery Democrat, takes the lead. Tempora mutantur et nos ...