We have word through Rebel channels that the Union forces have possession of Fort Morgan. This will give us entire control of the Bay of Mob...

Depredations by the piratical Rebel Tallahassee continue. We have sixteen vessels in pursuit, and yet I feel no confidence in their capturin...

Inspection at 9. A. M. Lt Hook comes to the Regt with the sad intiligence of the Assassination of President Lincoln & Sec Seward which ...

Rained last night & thought myself quite fortunate in having procured enough pieces of Reb tents to make a tent large enough to hold Te...

No marching orders yet this morning & as our teams had all been called for during the night & sent back to the landing for supplies...

All the Regts rec orders to be supplied with 5 days rations in their haver sacks. Capt Lacy was in our camp looking well & hearty. Mail...

Nothing unusual last night. I am relieved at 6. A. M. & marched the pickets to the Regt. which is on the road at 6.45, at which time th...

The whole command stood to arms from revelie until daybreak, troops in the rifle pits too. at 9.15 the column moves out at 10. we are in li...

Rains hard all night. grond flat & all drawn out of bed Rains all A. M. 1st Brig 2Div starts out early men pull the batteries through. ...

Regt on the road at 6. at 7.30 made Bon secure bayou, see great heaps of oyster shells more low ground today. they bay & gulf one place...

Regt in line to move at 6. Rec orders to wait. At 12. I am sent with a detail to corderoy the road. The train all stuck in the mud. men pul...

Much more pleasant today. All the Gunboats & Monitors move out early this morning, going up the Bay toward Mobile, A little before 9. A...

Soldiers Of The Union Army : I have been desired by the conductor of the “Soldiers’ Friend” to address a few words to you at the opening o...

I was disappointed in the aspect of Mobile. It is a regular rectangular American city, built on a sandy flat, and covering a deal of ground...

Mr. Forsyth had been good enough to invite me to an excursion down the Bay of Mobile, to the forts built by Uncle Sam and his French engine...

Headquarters District Of South Alabama, Fort Gaines , Ala., April 19, 1865. My Dear Daughter Bettie: I have just returned from Mobi...

Headquarters District Of South Alabama, Fort Gaines, Ala ., April 11, 1865. I wrote you the day before yesterday , since which time t...

Headquarters District Of South Alabama, Fort Gaines, Ala. , March 23, 1865. My Dear Mother: A glance at the map will show you the l...

WASHINGTON, May 20. Gen. Saxton arrived at Fort Monroe this morning, and goes to New York, this evening.   Most of the passengers will ...

NEW YORK, April 8. – A ship Island letter of the 24th ult., reports the arrival of Gen. Butler on the 20th. A rebel fleet of seven gun...