HEADQUARTERS, TWELFTH CORPS D'ARMEE,           April 19, 1863. My Dear Clara: I received a beautiful bouquet this morning from Mary. T...

RUMORS that the President, the administration, or whoever has it in his hands, is to take the offensive, make a demonstration on Virginia an...

A door which opened upon a porch or gallery, and also the windows, were kept open for fresh air. The night was dark, cloudy, and damp, and a...

Some one was smoking in the presence of the President and complimented him on having new vices, neither drinking nor smoking.  “That is a d...

Usher relates to me to-day some damaging stories concerning the Treasury. I cannot but think them exaggerations. I know, from some reliable...

After a fine rain all night, it cleared away beautifully this morning, cool, but not unseasonable. There is no news of importance. The Gove...

Went last evening to the Presidential reception. Quite a gathering; very many that are not usually seen at receptions were attracted thithe...

Washington D.C. Mch. 27 ’61 D. V “Circumlocution” and delay prevents me going today so I write and will not telegraph. There being ...

WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington City, March 23 , 1865 — 8 . 45 p.m. President LINCOLN, Fort Monroe: (Care of General Barnes, ...

WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington City, March 24 , 1865 — 4 . 30 p.m. The PRESIDENT, City Point: I was glad to hear your safe...

OFFICE U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH. Cipher Headquarters Armies of the US The following Telegram received City Point Apr 5 1865 From Wa...

WAR DEPARTMENT,           April 15 , 1865 — 1 . 30 a.m. (Sent 2 . 15 a.m.) Major-General DIX, New York: Last evening, about 10....

St Petersburg June 26, 1862. My dear Sir, I must begin this my first letter from Russia, by thanking you for your message to Congre...

1 received a telegram from Secretary of War for a boat in the evening. So about nine came a carriage with Stanton and, to my surprise, the ...

[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 15 — 1:30 A.M. Maj.-Gen. Dix: This evening at about 9:30 P.M., at Ford's Thea...

Gen. Lee communicates to the department to-day his views of the Montgomery letter to Gen. Forrest, a copy of which was sent him by Governor...

The house has been still and almost deserted to-day. Everybody in Washington, not at home voting, seems ashamed of it and stays away from t...

Washington, D. C. June 20, 1864. MY DEAR NICOLAY: I went blundering through the country after leaving you, missing my connections a...

Wrote Secretary of State on the subject of the complaints of the Danish Government against Wilkes, who is charged with abusing hospitality ...

When I was a member of Congress a dozen years ago, I boarded with the lady who writes the within letter. 1 She is a most worthy and deserv...