This is Thanksgiving Day as ordered by the President of the United States. Spent the day in the woods on picket duty. My dinner was hard tac...

St. Louis, Dec. 14, 1861. MY DEAR WIFE: It is Saturday night and pretty late at that. My week’s work is ended and a hard one it has bee...

Camp at Lagrange, Tenn., March 29, 1863. All perfectly quiet except the regular picket firing every night which here exceeds anything I...

January 4, 1863. There I quit, for we received orders to get ready at once to march to Jackson, Tenn. The colonel ordered me to take ch...

Headquarters 1st Brigade Cavalry Division, Camp near Boonville, Miss., June 6, 1862. I am leading an inglorious life now, nothing to ...

Point Pleasant, Mo., March 24, 1862. It's only 9 a. m., and didn’t get to bed until 2 this morning, so if I do not talk rational ...

Executive Office , March 20, 1862. H. W. Halleck, Maj.-Gen. Comg, St. Louis, Mo.: Sir : — Your assuming responsibility of and defen...

Executive Office, Iowa ., March 20, 1862. Schuyler Hamilton, Brig. Gen. U. S. A., St. Louis, Mo.: Sir: —Your letter of the 7th inst...

Des Moines, Ia ., Feb. 17, 1862. Gen. H. W. Halleck, St. Louis, Mo.: Sir: — I have received from Gen. Schuyler Hamilton Special Order...

Executive Department, Iowa, Des Moines , Feb. 17, 1862. Schuyler Hamilton, Brigadier-General, Vols., U. S. A., Commanding St. Louis D...

SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS No. 35. HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 30 , 1862 . I. Major-General Thomas...

EDITOR GAZETTE – Dear Sir:   I see by your paper that Dr. C. H. Rawson has resigned his commission in the army.   This is an error .   I h...

ST. LOUIS, April 9. – Gen. Pope’s Official report says that the canal across the Peninsula at New Madrid, through which four steamers and s...

WASHINGTON, March 17. – Gen. Fremont has had an interview with the President and the Secretary of war.   He will press his affairs promptly...

ST. LOUIS, March 14. – The following is a copy of the official dispatch sent to the Secretary of War: After several days’ skirmishing ...

WINCHESTER, March 12. – Despatches say Gen. Jackson’s force yesterday consisted of Loring’s brigade and several fine batteries and 300 of ...

WINCHESTER, March 12. – This place is at length recovered.   From the Indian march of our forces to Berryville and reconnoissance to this ...

Gen. Pope’s official report says that the canal cut across the Peninsula at New Madrid, through which four steamers and barges were taken, i...

WINCHESTER, Va., March 12. This place is at length recovered for the Union.   The march of our forces to Berryville, and a reconnoisance t...

WINCHESTER, Va., March 12. Gen. Jackson’s forces left here last night by the Strasburg road. The forces of Gens. Hamilton and Williams ar...