charlotte, N. C, Feb. 19th, 1865. . . . I take advantage of this sweet, quiet Sunday afternoon for a little chat with you. It is so q...

macon , Sept. 4th, 1864. . . . I have no news to give you and must confess that things just at present look rather blue. The intelligen...

macon , July 11th, 1864. . . . You see by the heading of my letter that already we have been forced to leave Atlanta — not that it has ...

Charlottesville , May 9th. . . . Charlottesville is in a whirl of excitement and the ladies go in crowds to the depot to assist the wou...

I find this item, May 3rd, 1864: “It is very uncomfortable at Mrs. ––––, as they allowance each person to butter, etc. Things are in a drea...

Gen. Hood is in town and Dr. Darby has gone to Europe to procure a leg for the General with the money contributed by the Texas Brigade. Gen...

charlottesville , Nov. 26th, 1863. . . . We hear to-night that the Army is to move, it is thought to Fredericksburg. The news from ...

camp At Manassas , Oct. 16, 1863. Dear L., I wrote to Mama on the 13th a few lines which I hope she received. We have been marching ...

charlottesville , July 22nd. As you see this was written before I had heard of the return of our Army to Va. . . . Your father returned...

July 8th. We are now near Funkstown. Young Winston is going over the river this morning and may go as far as Hanover. Everything is wet...

Rector's X Road , June 18th, 1863. Dear Mama, I have written L. twice in the last two weeks and the reason I did not write you a...

We have had a glorious fight this afternoon. Drove the Yankees from the start and kept them going as fast as we could follow until dark. Ma...

richmond , May 15th. . . . Lieut. J. called to see Mama and delivered both the letter and the overcoat. The letter was by far the most ...

February, 1863. Your father has gone to introduce Burke (the scout) to Mr. Seddon. He wanted to know the Secretary of War and to tell h...

Dec. 5th, 1862. . . . We are all painfully anxious about Fredericksburg. It has been raining hard all day and hailing this evening, and...

Camp, near Fredericksburg , Nov. 23rd, 1862. . . . We reached here on yesterday afternoon, having left Culpeper on Wednesday about twel...

Amelia Springs , Dec. 5th, 1862. Mama and Papa returned last Saturday; they having come with General Johnston and staff and Mrs. Johnst...

richmond , Nov. 26th, 1862. . . . Genl. Johnston got his orders only day before yesterday. He is to have command of the three armies of...

Camp, near Winchester, October 24, 1862 I had a very pleasant visit to Rosser's Camp where I spent the night. On my way down I met ...

November 14, 1862 Mama sends you by Capt. Sellers the buffalo robe and blanket and also a cake of soap, which will be sufficient for pr...