FORT MOULTRIE, S.C., Jan. 19, 1844. My Dear  Brother : It was about the middle of November, and on one of those mornings so peculiar to yo...

Several men of our regiment are failing fast. H. D. Merritt is an object of pity and getting worse. We have cut his hair close to keep the m...

A weak and disagreeable state of body since last date has waived my practice of noting; but everything has been as now—"hell upon earth...

Weather severely hot as it has been learned that a break by the prisoners is planned, and warns them for three weeks. A supply of sumach bud...

Another night cramped up on the cars; another night of painful nipping at napping amidst the roar, the heat and jogging of the train. Everyb...

AUGUSTA, December 4 , 1864 .           (Received 1 p.m.) Col. JOHN B. SALE,           Military Secretary, Richmond: The column is moving ...

GRIFFIN, November 16 , 1864 — 4 p.m.           (Received Richmond 1.10 p.m. 17th.) General BRAGG: Enemy checked this evening near Bear Cre...

Irwinton, November 24, 1864. Made 12 miles to-day over a rolling but well settled country. This is a nice little 700 county town. I hea...

CITY POINT, VA , September 12 , 1864 .   Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi: I send Lieutena...

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,                         In the Field, Summerville, Ga., October 20 , 1864 . Major-General ...

Ran very slow through the night, and are in the vicininy of Macon, Ga. Will reach our prison to-night. Received a pone of corn bread apiece...

Atlanta, Ga ., Nov. 3,1864. I am now going to let you into some of our mighty secrets, which, probably, when you receive this, will be ...

Sleepless nights. The report is that the Yankees have left Covington for Macon, headed by Stoneman, to release prisoners held there. They r...

Camp near Lovejoy's Station, Sept. 14, 1864. When my last was written Sherman had not developed his intentions, and we were all i...

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

The weather is cool but quite pleasant. We lay in camp awaiting the completion of the pontoon bridge. At 10 o'clock we began our march ...

We started at 7 a. m. and marched twelve miles, when we bivouacked for the night. It is reported that a force of two thousand rebels is in ...

There was some rain last night and the roads today are very slippery, which as the country is so hilly, makes difficult marching. We marche...

Went with Mrs. Rhett to hear Dr. Palmer. I did not know before how utterly hopeless was our situation. This man is so eloquent, it was hard...

All in a muddle, and yet the news, confused as it is, seems good from all quarters. There is a row in New Orleans. Memphis 1 has been reta...