WEST POINT, December 21, 1860 DEAR SISTER:  We are on general review in mineralogy and geology preparatory to our last January examinatio...

 WEST POINT, January 12, 1861. MY DEAR SISTER: This is examination-week. My reports have not been quite so good as you may have desired, b...

 WEST POINT, February 2, 1861.   MY DEAR BROTHER: I have not heard from you in a long time.  I want to ascertain your views on the subject...

Mr. Mayor, and Gentlemen of the Committee, and Fellow-Citizens: —For this reception you will please accept my most profound and sincere than...

Shady Hill , 10 February, 1861. . . . Well, since I wrote last to you, great things have been going on here. It has been no time for wr...

columbus , January 15th, 1861. My heart and thoughts are full almost every moment with the terrible reality of our country's condit...

December 22. Your letter was quite welcome. In these times I am glad to get an encouraging word, especially from calm and moderate men,...

The State of Mississippi yesterday seceded from the Union, by 32 to 15 votes in the Convention. Yesterday, also, THE FIRST GUN FIRED in the...

I have been writing letters the whole day, and now conclude. I suppose I can hardly add anything to what you have already heard of the cond...