HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,           ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 7, 1875. Dear Brother: I see my name was used in the debate yesterday...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,           ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 3, 1875. Dear Brother: I read carefully your speech, 1 and your re...

Neither Seward nor Stanton was at Cabinet council. Seward is on his way to the West Indies, Gulf, etc. He wishes to be absent until the issu...

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, 1861.]  . . . Louisiana will surely secede this month, but no hostile movements will take place for some time, and about the 4th...

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 23, 1860. We are having a cold raw day and I avail myself of it to do a good deal of indoor work. I was out for some hour...

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 26, 1860.  . . . I commenced writing a letter last night to Minnie, but a friend sent us out a newspaper of New Orleans, ...

ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 23, 1860. . . . There certainly are symptoms of a general breaking up or dissolution of all government everywhere. The pe...

SEMINARY, Christmas, 1860. DEAR GENERAL: They [the cartridges] are a most appropriate present, and I hope they may all be used for holiday...

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 3, 1860. . . . This is a Saturday evening and I am seated at the office table where the Academic Board has been all week ...

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 25.} HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF               New Orleans, May 9 , 1862 . The deplorable state of destitutio...

WAR DEPARTMENT,                      Washington City, D.C., June 10, 1862. Col. GEORGE F. SHEPLEY, New Orleans: DEAR SIR: I have ...

WAR DEPARTMENT,                       Washington City, D.C., June 10 , 1862 . Col. GEORGE F. SHEPLEY, Military Governor of Louisiana, ...

WAR DEPARTMENT,                      Washington, D.C., June 3 , 1862 . Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State: SIR: This Depa...

STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,                        New Orleans, March 3 , 1865 . ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the Unite...

EXECUTIVE MANSION,                 Washington, D.C., March 15 , 1864 . His Excellency MICHAEL HAHN, Governor of Louisiana: Until f...

We have read without surprise, but not without indignation, the Proclamation of the President of the 8th of July, 1864 . The supporters ...

PROCLAMATION. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,                    New Orleans, January 11 , 1864 .   TO THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA:...

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, at the late session Congress passed a bill to " guarantee cert...