CITY POINT, VA., August 15 , 1864 — 9 p.m.                         (Received 6 . 30 a.m. 17 th.) Major-General HALLECK, Washingto...

CONFIDENTIAL.] SAINT LOUIS, MO .,  [ December 2 , ] 1861 . Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commander-in- Chief, Washington, D.C.: ...

General Orders , No. 12. WAR DEP’T, ADJT. GEN.'S OFFICE, Washington, April 27 , 1861 . 1. The Military Department of Washingt...

REDOUBT NO. 3, June 25, 1862 — 3 . 15 p.m. The enemy are making a desperate resistance to the advance of our picket lines. Kearny'...

camp Near Winchester , March 15, 1862. Of all the platitudes and jingles that ever amused and deluded a chivalrous people, the asserti...

camp Near Darnestown , August 30, 1861. It is broad, bright noon; the men are cooking their breakfasts, the sun is drying out their clo...

Washington , August 26th, 1861. I am probably to leave for home, i. e. camp, to-morrow. Everything has gone quite well with me. I put u...

Headquarters Division, Near Fair Oaks Station , June 5, 1862. My dear cousin: The General asks me to write you a short account of o...

Fairfax , Oct. 9, 1863. I saw that paragraph in the “Herald,” — it is not true. I had orders from Heintzelman to clear out the whole co...

Alexandria, Virginia, January 15, 1862. My dear sister: General Burnside has sailed with his expedition, but to what point is still...

Centreville, Virginia , Sept. 14, 1863. My Dear Henry , — I was glad to see your fist on an envelope some weeks ago. I ought to have wr...

Centreville , Aug. 31, 1863. I told you last week that Stanton had ordered a Court of Inquiry about some horses taken from us by Mosby...

Less sensation and fewer rumors than we have had for several days. The President called on me to know what we had authentic of the destr...

POOLESVILLE, July 1, 1863. On Friday night at half past ten, I got orders to report next day to General Slocum. As I had to get in my p...

Poolesville , June 26, 1863. We have come to Poolesville just at the right moment — the whole army is passing here. I have seen a great...

Camp Brightwood , June I, 1863. I am cross; — “rumpled and harassed” don't begin to express my condition. I feel as if I were playi...

A clever rain last night, which I hope may swell the tributaries of the upper Potomac. A call from Wilkes, who is disturbed because I p...

FORT MONROE, VA. , May 9 , 1862 . Major-General McCLELLAN: MY DEAR SIR: I have just assisted the Secretary of War in framing the pa...

Monday, December 16, 1861. MY DEAR WIFE,   . . . Keeping down my sorrow   at heart for the woes of our poor country, which under   inc...

Herald’s Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 18. The recall of Gen. Hunter is fully determined on.   His proclamation will be made the subje...