I am surprised at the loose and improper management of General Dix in regard to the blockade and traffic in the Rebel region. Admiral Lee h...

Drove with Mrs. Davis and all her infant family; wonderfully clever and precocious children, with unbroken wills. At one time there was a s...

The enemy has been reenforced and is on us again. Met Wade Hampton, who told me my husband was to join him with some volunteer troops; so I...

Yankee scouts are very busy around us to-day. They watch this river, and are evidently fearing a flank movement upon them. Wagons passing t...

To-day I saw a sword captured at Manassas. The man who brought the sword, in the early part of the fray, was taken prisoner by the Yankees....

Mrs. Davis's drawing-room last night was brilliant, and she was in great force. Outside a mob called for the President. He did speak — a...

31st July, 1862. MY DEAR SMITH: I send by General Martin your overcoat. It was a great comfort to me and kept me very warm, but it ...

ARLINGTON, VA., April 20, 1861. My Dear Brother Smith: The question which was the subject of my earnest consultation with you on th...