CITY POINT, August 2 , 1864 — 9 . 30 p.m. Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff: I have the honor to request that the President m...

BOYDTON ROAD, NEAR PETERSBURG,           April 2 , 1865 — 4 . 40 . Col. T. S. BOWERS, City Point: We are now up, and have a con...

FORT MONROE, May 22 , 1865 . Brevet Major-General Miles is hereby authorized and directed to place manacles and fetters upon the hands...

Ripon, Va ., Sept. 10, '64. Take care of yourself, old fellow. Just get your mother to take you to some quiet place and make much o...

Still no official account of the Sharpsburg fight, and no list of casualties. The Yankee loss in generals very great — they must have fough...

April 4, 1865 We had camped last night round about Sutherland's Station, as I told you. The fields there were covered with waggons ...

April 2, 1865 Last night was a busy one and a noisy. Some battery or other was playing the whole time, and, now and then, they would al...

March 31, 1865 The rain held up about ten A.M. and the sun once more shone. By this time our lines, running east and west, had been mov...

March 30, 1865 I take advantage of a rainy morning to draw you a map and start a letter, to explain and recount the deeds of yester...

March 18, 1865 This morning I sent you a telegraph, which may be rather late, I fear, though I sent it at the earliest chance. It was t...

December 10, 1864 Miles, with the troops which had been sent to reinforce him, maintained a threatening attitude near Hatcher's Ru...

Miles's division of the 2d Corps was sent to aid the cavalry in forcing Hatcher's Run. They marched out early and found several reg...

GRANT'S HEADQUARTERS, April 2 , 1865 . Major-General MEADE: The following just received: Brigadier-General RAWLINS: G...

June 5, 1864 This afternoon I carried a flag of truce — quite an episode in my military experiences. At three in the afternoon General ...

Harrison's Landing , July 23, '62. I have no doubt I could get permission from the War Department to take a Massachusetts regim...