St Paul March 23, '63 Dear Sir I will introduce myself to your notice as one of the Prisoners in the late Indian War in Minnesota. M...

I wrote to Mr. Eno and copied dispatches for Gov. Ramsey. Indian attack again. Frederick Blazier wounded in the leg. Trouble with Third regi...

John Beard paid me $4. I sold my garden for $250. Report of Indian outbreak. Great excitement. We elected our commissioned officers-Geo. Atk...

Camp at Lagrange, Tenn., November 15, 1862. We're having more of a rest here than we anticipated when we arrived. Suppose that the ...

And now we are getting ready to move somewhere, the Lord only knows where. One good thing about their old prisons, we are always ready for ...

The Members of Congress from Minnesota are urging the President vehemently to give his assent to the execution of three hundred Indian capt...

The Secretary of State sends me an important dispatch from Stuart, British Charg é d'Affaires during the absence of Lord Lyons, in whi...

The enemy's loss in the series of battles, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is estimated at 30,000. Where is the braggart Pope now? D...

December 1, 1862. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Since your last annual assembling another year of healt...