A cold rain continued during the night. What would the good folks at home say could they see this camp this cool, wet morning—men lying in t...

Clouds and sunshine; warm. Splendid rainbow last evening. We have nothing new in the papers from any quarter. Sheridan's position is n...

Bright and cool. A violent southeast gale prevailed last evening, with rain. Of course we have no news in the papers from any quarter. Sheri...

Bright and windy. The following telegram was received this morning from Gen. R. E. Lee: "Gen. Johnston reports that on the 16th Gen. Ha...

As beautiful a spring morning as ever dawned since the sun spread its glorious light over the Garden of Eden. Cannon is heard at intervals...

Sunny and pleasant, but hazy in the south. Cannon heard, quite briskly, south of the city. The papers report that Gen. Hardee repulsed She...

Clear and warm. Apricots in blossom. At last we have reliable information that Johnston has checked one of Sherman's columns, at Bentonv...

Clear, with high wind. Nothing further from North Carolina. A dispatch from Gen. Lee states that he has directed Gen. Cobb to organize an ex...

Clear and cool. It is reported that Grant is reinforcing Sherman, and that the latter has fallen back upon Goldsborough. This is not yet c...

Frost last night. Cloudy, cold, and windy to-day. Suffered much yesterday and last night with disordered bowels—from cold. This, however, ma...

Bright, calm, but cold,—my disorder keeping me at home. The dispatch of Gen. Lee, I fear, indicates that our late attempt to break the ene...

Cloudy and sunshine; but little wind. Too ill to go to the department, and I get nothing new except what I read in the papers. Some of the e...

Slightly overcast, but calm and pleasant. I am better, after the worst attack for twenty years. The only medicine I took was blue mass—ten g...

Raining rapidly, and warm. Again the sudden change of weather may be an interposition of Providence to defeat the effort of the enemy to d...

Raining; rained all night. My health improving, but prudence requires me to still keep within the house. The reports of terrific fighting ...

HEADQUARTERS ARMIES CONFEDERATE STATES,           March 20th, 1865. HON. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,           SECRETARY OF WAR. Gen. J. E. John...

HEADQUARTERS,           March 25 , 1865 . At daylight this morning General Gordon assaulted and carried enemy's works at Hare's H...

HEADQUARTERS, March 30th, 1865. GEN. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, SECRETARY OF WAR. Gen. Gordon reports that the enemy, at 11 A.M. yesterday, advan...

Nothing of interest doing here. The news is not encouraging. Grant has burned Jackson and evacuated the place, falling back toward Vicksburg...

Newberry.—The wagon trip across country was glorious! I, the invalid, was made comfortable on a cotton mattress, spread on the body of the w...