Bright and frosty. As I supposed, the peace commissioners have returned from their fruitless errand. President Lincoln and Mr. Seward, it ap...

After a lapse of several days, I again resume my diary. I was taken sick on the 1st inst., and have been unable to note the incidents as the...

We left Alexandria yesterday, to the manifest joy of the inhabitants of that village, and I believe our own crew is as happy at the parting ...

AUGUSTA, December 1 , 1864 . Col. JOHN B. SALE,           Military Secretary, Richmond: Following received from Lieutenant-General Taylor...

Warm, and raining moderately. My landlord gets $400 of the $500 increase of my salary. Dispatches from Gen. Bragg : AUGUSTA, December ...

GRIFFIN, November 16 , 1864 — 4 p.m.           (Received Richmond 1.10 p.m. 17th.) General BRAGG: Enemy checked this evening near Bear Cre...

Clear and cold. Grant has attempted nothing this week, and it is probably too late for any demonstration to affect the election. I infer t...

A white frost ; first frost of the season. All quiet below. Gen. W. M. Gardner (in Gen. Winder's place) reports that of the exempts a...

Bright and pleasant. We have rumors of heavy fighting yesterday near Staunton, but no authentic accounts. A dispatch from Gen. R. Taylor...

A bright, cool morning. Dispatches from Lieut.-Gen. R. Taylor indicate that Federal troops are passing up the Mississippi River, and that ...

December 15[?], 1860. . . . I started to write a letter to Minnie but got drawn into this political strain that is not for her but you. Re...

No. 231. Report of General G. T. Beauregard, C. S. Army, commanding Military Division of the West. HEADQUARTERS, &c.,           Gree...

Cloudy, damp, and pleasant. A rain fell last night, wetting the earth to a considerable depth; and the wind being southeast, we look for cop...

MONTGOMERY, July 19, 1864.           (Via Columbus.) Col. J. B. SALE: The enemy still hold West Point railroad. Forces are moving forward ...

Clear and warm. Bought fifty cabbage-plants and set them out before breakfast Gen. Early met Gen. Hunter at Snicker's Gap, and whipped...

Showers and sunshine. It is believed Grant has lost 40,000 within the last week! To-day there has been more or less cannonading along the ...

BATON ROUGE, LA., Feb. 16, 1860. DEAR GENERAL: We got here last evening; I soon found out Colonel Bragg, who is here living in the mess of...

South bank of Scull Creek, December 3, 1864.  We have laid here all day, being our first rest since leaving Atlanta. Had to wait for the 1...

Miss Harriet H. Fort, of Baltimore, has arrived via Accomac and Northampton Counties, with a complete drawing of all the defenses of Baltim...

Gen. Wheeler has taken 700 of the enemy's cavalry in East Tennessee, 6 cannon, 50 wagons, commissary stores, etc. Per contra, the steam...