[ST. LOUIS, MO.] My visit South was in every sense agreeable. My old friends in Alexandria did all they could to make us welcome, and I wa...

LOUISIANA STATE SEMINARY, May 1, 1866. GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN,           United States America. Dear General: Your most welcome favor of 12 ...

SEMINARY, March 1, 1861. MY DEAR MAJOR: Your letter from New Orleans was received on Monday night. . . Will do all I can to carry out your...

[Continued from Francis W. Smith to William T. Sherman, March 1, 1861 ] SATURDAY. I was interrupted just at this point and recommence my l...

APRIL, 1, 1861 RESOLVED, that in the resignation of the late superintendent Colonel W. T. Sherman, the Academic Board deem it not improper...

ALEXANDRIA, April 24, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: I am in receipt of your very welcome letter announcing your determination to settle in St. Louis....

BATON ROUGE, Jan. 27, 1861. MY DEAR SHERMAN: It is with the deepest regret that the enclosed papers are forwarded to you. I am so occupied...

BATON ROUGE, January 28, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: Your letter was duly received, and would have been answered ere this time could I have arrange...

ALEXANDRIA, January 31, 1861. DEAR SIR: A meeting of the Board of Supervisors is called by instruction of Dr. S. A. Smith, vice-president,...

SEMINARY OF LEARNING, ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, February  1 , 1861. DEAR SIR: . . . I thank you most kindly, and Governor Moore through you, ...

BATON ROUGE, Feb. 11, 1861. DEAR SIR: I have been in New Orleans for ten days, and on returning here find two letters from you, also your ...

February 14, 1861. SIR: I am instructed by the Board of Supervisors of this institution to present a copy of the resolutions adopted by th...

JANUARY 18, 1861. GOVERNOR ThomAs O. MooRE, BAToN ROUGE, LA. SIR—As I occupy a quasi-military position under this State, I deem it ...

January 18, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: I take it for granted that you have been expecting for some days the accompanying paper from me (the above ...

January 19, 1861. DEAR SIR: I have just finished my quarterly reports to the parents of all the cadets here, or who have been here. All my...

SEMINARY, January 20, 1861. MY DEAR FRIEND: Yours of yesterday was read with painful interest last night along with Mr. Sanford's two,...

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, January 23, 1861. MY DEAR SIR: It is with the deepest regret I acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 18...

LOUISIANA STATE SEMINARY                     of Learning and Military Academy,           Alexandria, January 1, 1861. TO THE PRESIDENT OF TH...

LOUISIANA STATE SEMINARY                     of Learning and Military Academy,           Alexandria, Jan. 5, 1861.  . . . I have finished my...

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 8, 1861.  . . . Things are moving along with the rapidity of revolutions. The papers announce that the people of Alabama ...