Last night I was at a party at Mr. Chase's, or his daughter Mrs. Sprague’s, and late in the evening he spoke to me of the great abuses ...

A late dispatch on Saturday night from Cairo informs me that a dam at Alexandria has been constructed and our fleet is passing the falls. L...

CAIRo , ILL., February 7, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report that on the 6th instant, at 12:30 p.m., I made an attack on Fort Henry,...

U. S. Flag Steamer “Cincinnati,”                            Off Fort Henry, Tennnesee River,               February 6th, 1862. sir : ...

The Cincinnati Gazette and Commercial’s Cairo correspondence give the following account of the bombardment and capture of Fort Henry: ...