At 7 o'clock, another man had been shot, lay near the creek. Brisk showers in the night; the day is steadily hot. Rumor that 4,000 are t...

Raining hard, and warm. We have vague reports of Early's defeat in the Valley by an overwhelming force; and the gloom and despondency ...

Bright and frosty. Yesterday we had no certain accounts of the movements of Sheridan. His force was said to be near Charlottesville—at Kes...

Nephew of James Mercer Garnett (q. v.), and Robert Selden Garnett (q. v.); born in Virginia, in 1819; graduated from the United States Milit...

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,           December 23 , 1864. On the 20th General Early reported one division of enemy's caval...

Rained in torrents last night; cold this morning and cloudy. All quiet below. But there was an alarm, night before last, growing out of a ...

Near Chaffin's Bluff, on James River, Va.,           August 8, 1864. The weather for the last few days has been intensely hot. It is v...

Near Petersburg, Va . ,           November 28, 1864. The mails seem to be greatly deranged again, for I have not heard one word from you i...

Dark and dismal — threatening rain or snow. Quiet below; but we have no papers to-day, yesterday being holiday. It is rumored that Gen. Sh...

Cloudy; rained last night. 2 P.M.—Cold, and prospects of snow. The news of Early's disaster, and loss of artillery at Strasburg, is co...

Clouds and sunshine. Nothing new of importance from the army. Gov. Smith has been writing letters to Gen. Lee, asking that Gen. Early be s...

Between Front Royal and Winchester, Va.           , June 21, 1863 . We are in the Valley of Virginia again and are now within ten miles of...

A bright and glorious day—above. All was quiet yesterday below, indicating that the enemy suffered severely in the last assault on our lin...

A pleasant sunny Sabbath morn. The quiet below continues. Not a gun has been heard for three days; the longest intermission we have had fo...

Bright and beautiful. Still all quiet below, and reinforcements (details revoked) are not arriving—1000 per day. The Northern news makes...

Winchester, April 13, 1865 It must be pleasant to those worthies who put on so much style to reflect that while there was fighting to be d...

Sunshine and cloudy-warmer. There is a calm in military matters, but a storm is gathering in the Valley of Virginia. Both sides are concen...

Windy and very cold, but dry. Rode with Dr. Joe around the works on our left. Bitterly cold. Some things look as if we were to move up the V...

Rained in the night, clear and cool in the morning. Gen. Breckinridge’s division started toward the Valley early this morning. All is qu...

 [The] Fifth and Ninth Virginia consolidated as First Veterans West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. A splendid regiment it will be. Rode with C...