[W]e took a morning ride, Mrs. Welles being able to go with us, and drove about the place. Returning to the wharf, we took a tug, visited th...

CULPEPER COURT-HOUSE, VA.,                         April 9 , 1864 . Maj. Gen. G. G. MEADE, Commanding Army of the Potomac: For i...

[Copy] Confidential Office of Chief Engineer Ex Corps Hilton Head S.C. Dec. 30" 1861 Brig, Genl" T. W. Sherman Commandin...

Heard an excellent discourse yesterday from Bishop Whipple. Called on Stanton, respecting the letters of General Gillmore from June 12 t...

I went early this A.M. to the President on the subject of procuring a transfer of seamen from the Army to the Navy. After reading the paper...

General Terry and Colonel Hawley from Morris Island, before Charleston, called on me. Both are prejudiced against Dahlgren, and the two are...

WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington, July 14 , 1863 — 6 . 55 p.m. Hon. GEORGE OPDYKE, Mayor of New York: SIR: Five regiments a...

Complaints of slow progress at Charleston reach us. Censure is thrown upon Dahlgren which is not altogether just. His undue promotion requi...

Unpleasant rumors of a disagreement between Dahlgren and Gillmore and that the latter had requested to be relieved of his present command. ...

The Secretary of War promises that he will reinforce General Gillmore with 5000 men. I thought it should be 10,000 if we intended thorough ...

Dispatches from Admiral Dahlgren under date of the 21st were received in the second mail. He says Gillmore had but 8000 men when he commenc...

I had a call on Monday morning from Senator Morgan and Sam J. Tilden of New York in relation to the draft. General Cochrane was present dur...

. . . . Butler is turning out much as I thought he would — perfectly useless and incapable for campaigning. He quarrels with Gillmore and S...

This morning Burnside came in with Foster, a fine handsome fellow who looks like a soldier at least. . . .   If I can get away during this ...

I arrived at Washington this morning, finding Nicolay in bed at 7 o'clock in the morning. We talked over matters for a little while and...

The General tells me he intends to ask of the War Department permission to take the 10th Army Corps away from here and lead it in the field...

This morning, as we neared Fernandina, I persuaded the General to go on to Jacksonville and send boat back here for us. We landed. . . . ...

The Arago came in this morning. The papers of the 23d and 24th attack my coming here as a political trick. Q. A. G. is much troubled at it....

We have accounts of farther and extensive depredations by the Alabama. These depredations were near the Line, where the Department, in anti...

. . . There was a ball to-night at Beaufort, gotten up by young officers there in honor of the 22d. Gen'l Gillmore went up for a few mo...