Called on the President relative to the appointment of midshipmen. After looking over the list with some care, he finally designated two so...

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, October 21 , 1863 — 2 . 45 p.m. Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md.: A delegation is here sayin...

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 53. HDQRS. MID. DEPT., 8 TH ARMY CORPS, Baltimore, Md., October 27 , 1863 . It is known that there are many ...

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, November 1 , 1863 . Major-General SCHENCK, Baltimore: The President desires to see you, and that...

BALTIMORE, MD., November 1 , 1863 . Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: I will go to see the President by next train, 5 p.m. to...

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 55. HDQRS. MIDDLE DEPT., 8 TH ARMY CORPS, Baltimore, Md., November 2 , 1863 . Paragraph I, of General Order...

Camp White , March 28, 1863. Dearest : — I received yours last night. It is a week this morning since you left. We have had rain every ...

Headquarters 1st Div. Reno's Command, Near Alexandria , Sept. 4th, 1862. Dear Mother: Once more, after a lapse of nearly five w...

An active man would soon go mad if he were confined in Cairo. A mudbank stretching along the course of a muddy river is not attractive to a...

Cincinnati , November 12, 1862. Dear Uncle : — Your letter, also the apples, came safely to hand. The apples were finer than usual. The...

The Tredegar Iron Works and Crenshou's woolen factory were mostly destroyed by fire last night! This is a calamityWe have also intellig...

Had a telegram at ten last night from Mr. Felton, President of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Railroad, requesting that a gunboat might b...

Eight Miles West Of Washington, Upton’s Hill , September 3, 1862. Dear Uncle : — The fighting at and near Bull Run battlefield is fin...

. . . In the evening Miss Chase and Gov. Sprague’s wedding. A very brilliantlooking party. Kate looked tired out and languid, especially at...

The President says Butler has been tendered Foster’s department, while Foster goes to relieve Burnside, who resigns. It is not yet known wh...

This evening Gen'l Schenck ,accompanied by Gen'l Garfield and Judge Kelley , came in to insist upon some order which would prevent ...

I spoke to the President to-day about Blair, his Rockville speech, and the action of the Union League of Philadelphia leaving out his name ...

Nicolay leaves to-day for the Rocky Mountains. . .   Had a little talk with the President about Milroy. Says Halleck thinks Schenck never h...

Camp Union, Fayette, Virginia. — Rain all night last night; mud indescribable and unfathomable. Lieutenant Avery and Secesh prisoners start...

Went to Department soon after nine, stopping at Franklin's to buy glasses. Got a pair, not, I fear, exactly the best for me. Received l...