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...

I am still at Barnum's, and having transferred my sick to the charge of Mr. S., I have a little more time to think, and to journalize my...

A steady, gentle rain from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M. A dispatch from Gen. Hood, who relieves Gen. Johnston, was received to-day. It was in cipher...

Dry and pleasant. We have a rumor to-day of the success of a desperate expedition from Wilmington, N. C., to Point Lookout, Md., to libera...

Warm-sunshine and light showers. Memorable day-not yet decided at 2 P.M. Early this morning Gen. Beauregard attacked the enemy on the sout...

CULPEPER COURT-HOUSE, VA.,                         April 9 , 1864 . Maj. Gen. G. G. MEADE, Commanding Army of the Potomac: For i...

Admiral Porter called on me to-day direct from his command. Had a long interview on his affairs. Received dispatches to-day from Cap...

H.Q. Cav’y Escort, A. of P.                 Before Petersburg, August 5 , 1864 *           *           *           *           *     ...

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

I hired a horse at a livery stable, and rode out to Arlington Heights, at the other side of the Potomac, where the Federal army is encampe...

79th Regiment, Near Antietam Creek, Sept. 28th, 1862. My dear Horace: Here we are, still resting at the mouth of this muddy littl...

Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, Lagrange, Tenn., May 7, 1863. Isn't the Grierson "raid" glorious? Two other expeditions st...

Headquarters 1st Div. Reno's Command, Near Alexandria , Sept. 4th, 1862. Dear Mother: Once more, after a lapse of nearly five w...

Headquarters Stevens's Div. 9th Army Corps, Fredericksburg , Aug. 19th, 1862. My dearest Mother: Here we are, occupying a fin...

Another thousand came to day and from the eastern army. Prison crowded. Men who came are from Siegel's corps in the Shenandoah Valley. ...

Rienzi, Tishomingo Co., Miss., June 9, 1862. Saturday morning the 5th inst. the colonel and myself started for a little pleasure ride a...

Corinth and Hamburg Road, Miss., May 11, 1862. You remember that in my last I spoke of a reconnoisance our people made on the 8th inst....

Had considerable talk with the President this evening. He understands that the day arranged for Grant’s movement is to be the 2d prox. — Mo...

Camp Fifteen Miles North Of Washington, In Maryland , September 8, 1862. Dear Uncle : — I write you about a difficulty I had yesterda...

To-night Gen. Burnside came up with me from Willard's to see the President.   They talked about the opening campaign more than anything...