I had a calm, solemn, two-hours conversation yesterday, with an intelligent and seemingly Christian man, which has filled me with entire de...

At nine o'clock this night my husband returned home, safe, having walked twenty miles owing to a break in the canal. . . . He has had a...

Just heard of the birth of General Jackson's daughter: as much talk and ado about it almost, as if it were a little princess! Unexa...

Headquarters, Valley District, July 22d, 1862. Dear Colonel Preston , — Your letter, and the touching poetical production of Maggie h...

Saturday. Yesterday I received your letter, but you did not say a word about coming to see your esposo. I do hope that ere this you have re...

. . . I am beginning to look for my darling and my baby. I shouldn't be surprised to hear at any time that they were coming, and I tell...

April 10th. I trust that God is going to bless us with great success, and in such a manner as to show that it is all His gift; and I tr...

March 14th. The time has about come for campaigning, and I hope early next week to leave my room, and go into a tent near Hamilton'...

March 7th. I have just finished my report of the battle of McDowell.   . . . There is a good deal of religious interest in the army. Re...

February 14th. Your delightful letter of six pages received a welcome reception this evening. I. am thankful to see that our kind Heave...

February 7th. This has been a beautiful spring day. I have been thinking lately about gardening. If I were at home, it would be time fo...

February 3d. In answer to the prayers of God's people, I trust He will soon give us peace. I haven't seen my wife for nearly a ...

January 31st. Captain Bushby, of the British Army, called to see me to-day, and presented me with a water-proof oil-cloth case in which...

January 17th. Yesterday I had the pleasure of receiving a letter from my esposita four days after it was written. Doesn't it look a...

January 6th. I am very thankful to our kind Heavenly Father for good tidings from you and baby — specially that she is restored again t...

January 5th, 1863. . . . How much I do want to see you and our darling baby! But I don't know when I shall have this happiness, as ...

December 29th. Yesterday I had the privilege of attending divine service in a church near General Hill's headquarters, and enjoyed ...

Christmas, 1862. Yesterday I received the baby's letter with its beautiful lock of hair. How I do want to see that precious baby! a...

December 18th. Our headquarters are now about twelve miles below Fredericksburg, near the house of Mr. Richard Corbin, which is one of ...

Yesterday, I regret to say, I did not send you a letter. I was on the front from before dawn until after sunset. The enemy, through God...