Marshfield, April 15, 1851. GENTLEMEN,—I duly received your letter of the 11th of this month, and had fully made up my mind to comply with...

SHERWOOD FOREST, VA., May 7, 1861. MY DEAR MAMMA: Mr. Clopton goes to Richmond in the morning (by land), and it is a good opportunity to w...

We go to-day, sure; that is, if reports are true. The Government bounty was paid to-day, and the oath of allegiance taken by the regimental ...

WASHINGTON, D. C., September 9, 1850. SIR—You will, I trust, excuse a stranger the liberty he takes, when he assures you that admiration o...

Camp on Rappahannock River,                     Spottsylvania County, Va.,           December 28, 1862. The weather during Christmas has b...

RE-ENLISTING. We have now entered on the last year of our soldier service and are looking forward to the end, and may it not only end our ...

COMPANY DRILLS.  The colonel, thinking that guard duty and dress parades are not quite exercise enough for us, has ordered company drills ...

Anniversary of the battle of Lexington. May God give us courage to defend the liberty of the institutions which our fathers have handed dow...

The boys came into my room as usual, when they were dressed, to say their prayers. I prayed with them and for them, that they might always ...

23 BRIGHToN STREET, FEB. 18, 1835. To the Editor of Zion's Herald: SIR — I have just read in your paper of to-day a letter signed...

We have been too busy with the raiders of late to manufacture any exchange news, and now all hands are at work trying to see who can tell t...

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has made a dash into Fairfax (near Washington) a day or two ago, and captured the Federal Gen. Slaughter and other office...

The President sent for Stanton and myself; wished us to consult and do what we could for the employment of the contrabands, and as the Rebe...

There is a rumor to-day that we are upon the eve of a great battle on the Rappahannock. I doubt it not. I am sorry to see that Col. McRa...

Contributions of clothing, provisions, etc. are coming in large quantities; sometimes to the amount of $20,000 in a single day. Never w...

During the last ten days we have been visiting among our friends, near Berryville, and in Winchester. The wheat harvest is giving the most ...

The Newark Mercury gives an account of the anniversary exercises of a Mission School in that city, from which we extract the following: “Dur...