March 17th, 1855. MY DEAR HUNTER: Your letter and enclosures have been received and immediately thereupon I wrote to Capt. Meigs accepting...

Called on Secretary of the Treasury in behalf of Pease of Janesville for collector. He, McCulloch, defers too much to the dictates of Member...

March 27, 1863. This afternoon our eyes were gladdened by the sight of the Boston and Convoy steaming up the river, but when, instead of a...

March 28, Evening. Not yet off. Have worked enough for one day in getting our sick and wounded on the John Adams. Another steamer has arri...

I have been absent during most of the month of September in my native State and among the scenes of my childhood and youth. Change is there....

The subject of a change to relieve the President was discussed in Cabinet and Seward produced the order which he had prepared. There was no ...

Senators Doolittle and Foster and Mr. Ford, who have been on a mission to the Plains, visiting New Mexico, Colorado, etc., had an interview ...

Last night there was a general illumination in Washington, fireworks, etc. To-day is the anniversary of the surrender of Sumter, and the fla...

The Rebels are upon us. Having visited upper Maryland, they are turning their attention hitherward. General Wallace has been defeated, and ...

ASTOR HOUSE [NEW YORK, N. Y., April 5?,] 8 o’clock. DEAR CAPTAIN: I am with Captain Meigs and we are telegraphing to Mr. Seward. Meigs ...

Navy Department March 6” 1862. My dear Commodore: I had a long talk with McClellan to-day to see if he had any objections to givin...

We had yesterday great feelings, deep interest, but little news, — little in the way of detail, though great in importance. Nothing came fr...

After breakfast. Leaving head-quarters, I went across to General Mansfield's, and was going up-stairs, when the General* himself, a whi...

Mr. Bigelow invited me to breakfast, to meet Mr. Senator King, Mr. Olmsted, Mr. Thurlow Weed, a Senator from Missouri, a West Point profess...

[Copy] Navy Yard                   New York        April 4/61 Sir: Captain Meigs has called on me with a letter showing his aut...

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,           Washington, April 1 , 1861 . Bvt.. Col. HARVEY BROWN, U. S Army, Washington, D. C.: SIR: You ...

October 19 General Grant accepted the command at once, and has already issued his orders to Thomas. He considers it indispensable that Rose...

LOUISVILLE, KY., October 20 , 1863 — 3 p.m.      (Received 6 . 10 p.m.) Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief: Sunday nig...

At church in the morning.   Good, plain sermon. Wished much to join in communion, but felt myself to subject to temptation to sin. After ch...

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.] WASHINGTON, May 18 , 1862 . Rev. HEMAN DYER: MY DEAR FRIEND: Yours of the 16th is welcomed as an evidenc...