Train arrived from Georgetown with Capt. Noble's band of refugees, 27 in number, one a woman 120 years old. SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson,  ...

I worked in office. Capt. Emil A. Burger gave me a box and left for St. Paul, taking Capt. Barrett, Adjutant Pell, First Lieutenant Groetsch...

9 o'clock A. M. we move. The roads still desperate—corduroying almost every step. A great many refugees are now following the army, se...

Clear, bright, and cool. The intelligence from the North indicates that Gen. McClellan will be nominated for the Presidency. Judge Campbel...

Prepared, for the President, by the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission. __________________ Abstract of Mr. John Eaton's Report. ...

Left bank, Cape Fear River, Opposite Fayetteville, March 15, 1865. Everything valuable to the Rebels has been destroyed, and we are about re...

Sixteen miles northeast of Columbia, February 20, 1865. The Provost Guards were the last to leave town. Fifty families of Columbians accompa...

CITY POINT, VA., July 14 , 1864 . Major-General HALLECK, Washington, D.C.: It would seem from dispatches just received from Mr. Da...

WOODSTOCK, October 7 , 1864 — 9 p.m.                  (Received 9 th.) I have the honor to report my command at this point to-night...

HEADQUARTERS, MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,                  In the Field, Savannah Jan 11 1865 Hon S. P. Chase. Washington D...

WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington City, April 15 , 1865 . Lieutenant-General GRANT: GENERAL: I beg to call your attention to the...

June 17, 1864. After erecting some good works at Roswell (the best we have yet built), capable of holding at least 25,000 men, we were ...

(Private) New Orleans , February 1st, 1863. Dear Sir : Everything is quiet on the Mississippi. There have been no military movements. ...

Norfolk, Va ., Dec. 24th, 1863. We shall continue our school through the holidays. A prospect of rest and vacation wearies us. My s...

Norfolk, Va. , Nov. 11th, 1863. Four hundred refugees, released by colored soldiers, have just come, empty-handed, into our lines. In t...

Whitehead Farm , June 20th, 1863. I asked, and it was given unto me. The books and slates came and were welcomed, and many of them are ...

This diary must soon come to an end. Will fill the few remaining pages and then stop. Co. “I” boys are very kind. They have reduced soldier...

A refugee from Portsmouth reports the arrival of 6000 Federal troops at Newport News, and that Richmond is to be menaced again. Brig.-G...

(Private) New Orleans , Nov. 14th, 1862. Dear Sir: Four days ago, General Butler showed me the letter he had just received from you,...

(Private) New Orleans, October 27th, 1862. Dear Sir : Gen. Weitzel left here three days ago, with five Regiments Infantry, four compa...