Raining and cold. This morning there was another arrival of our prisoners on parol, and not yet exchanged. Many thousands have arrived this ...

Raining hard, and warm. We have vague reports of Early's defeat in the Valley by an overwhelming force; and the gloom and despondency ...

The salt meat and horrid low country water have an injurious effect on our men, and many have been made sick. The heat is also quite oppress...

Two letters to-day, and two papers, all from home. Seems as if I had been there for a visit. I wonder if my letters give them as much pleasu...

We remain in camp to-day to let the Seventeenth A. C. pass. We live high to-day; plenty of fresh meat and yams. Five o'clock P. M., we m...

Received two letters to-day, one from home and one from my brother Pincus, who went to Washington on his way to visit Morris and myself, as ...

A brighter morning, cool and clear. The President was at work yesterday. He and the Secretary and Gen. Cooper put their heads together to ma...

Raining; rained all night. The following dispatch was received this morning: "WILMINGTON, December 20th, 1864, 10 A.M.—The head of ...

Embarkation of the Second Battery on the steamer Kill Von Kull, and of the Second Rhode Island Infantry, on the State of Maine. Early in t...

Raining, and warm. It is said several hundred of the prisoners taken by Rosser in the Valley escaped, on the way to Richmond. A relaxation...

Field Infirmary, near Petersburg, Va.,           June 24, 1864. When I wrote to you two days ago I said appearances indicated that we were...

Camp near Orange Court House, Va . , April 19, 1864. We are still in camp, but yesterday we received an order to send back all surplus bag...

Cold rain; rained all night. Gen. Lee, urging that his regiments from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, etc. etc. be recruited from ...

March 18. This morning a message came in by flag of truce from Camp Finnegan, giving us 24 hours to send out the women and children to the...

Between Front Royal and Winchester, Va.           , June 21, 1863 . We are in the Valley of Virginia again and are now within ten miles of...

Near Orange Court House, Va.,           August 12, 1862. While we are resting a little I will endeavor to write you a few lines. We have b...

Hot and dry. Large green worms have attacked my tomatoes, and from the leaves are proceeding to the fruit. But not many of them will escape!...

Damp and cloudy. There was no serious battle. The wind was in a quarter which brought the sounds to us, even from the skirmishers, ten mil...

Clear, dry, and  hot. A dispatch from Gen. Lee (I have not seen it yet) says, in the repulse of the enemy's assault on the breach made...

Hot and dry. A dispatch from Gen. Lee (will be published on Monday) says Gen. Beauregard reports the number of prisoners taken from Wilson...