Morning at Stevensburg, Va.—Taking a southwest direction we passed northeast of Stony Mountain and came in conjunction with other marching c...

To-day, as several of us went to get some straw near Kelly's Ford, we heard firing, and the long roll beat. Looking up we saw the Yankee...

Left camp at 4 this evening and halted on the morning of the 10th at 1 o'clock, when we caught up with our brigade. Marched twelve miles...

Camp near Orange Court House, Va ., February 8, 1864. The Yankees advanced to the Rapidan River yesterday and we were ordered off to met t...

Left camp this morning at 7, marched twelve miles and halted. Hear firing in front on the Rapidan, at Summerville Ford. Here all night. SO...

Camp near Orange Court House, Va., September 27, 1863. We had nine more military executions in our division yesterday—one man from Thomas&...

Orange County, Va.,           August 18, 1862. On leaving our last camp we first went back five miles in a northerly direction to Orange C...

Marched five miles and halted for the day. June 7-Left at 5 A.M., got to Culpepper Court House 3 P.M., and marched four miles on the east si...

Left here at 11 A.M., and got to the Potomac river at dusk, a distance of twelve miles. We have as yet been very fortunate. Have driven the ...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,           May 5, 1864—11 p.m. ( Received 6th. ) The enemy crossed the Rapidan yesterday at Ely'...

Bright morning—cloudy and cold the rest of the day. No reliable war news to-day; but we are on the tip-toe of expectation of exciting news...

Meade recrossed the Rapidan last night! This is a greater relief to us than the enemy has any idea of. I hope the campaign is over for the ...

It has begun to rain again; and yet the clerks are kept at Chaffin’s Bluff, although the roads are impracticable, and no approach of the en...

It is clear and cold. The boat in which my son and the battalion of clerks went down the river yesterday, sunk, from being overloaded, just...

Governor Brown, Georgia, writes the Secretary that he is opposed to impressments, and that the government should pay the market price — wha...

A cold, dark day. No news. It was a mistake about the enemy crossing the Rapidan — only one brigade (cavalry) came over, and it was beaten ...

From the West we have only unreliable reports of movements, etc.; but something definite and decisive must occur shortly. Gen. Lee'...

Camp at "Gordon's Mills," Ga., May 6, 1864. We lay in camp on Chattanooga creek, two and one-fourth miles this side of Ch...

Scottsboro, Ala., March 15, 1864. I am again on court martial duty, with a prospect of a long siege; but we have an experienced Preside...

Orders to march at 4 o'clock. Got up in time for breakfast. Today our forces seem to abandon Brandy Station, and the railroad. Most of ...