Field Hospital near Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 17, 1864. I received your letter of the 3d inst. this morning. You express regret...

PITTSBURG, TENN., March 17, 1862 The Public are all astray about Gen. Grant.   His habits (drink) are unexceptionable.   His absence du...

Atlantic telegraph laid and a message received. The whole country is electrified. Every assembly took notice of it. Thanksgivings offered b...

Up at daylight. Sent telegram home. Moved up the Appomattox, our Div. in advance. Captured 300 or 400 prisoners, 5 guns and many wagons. Hi...

Had a long telegram at midnight from Cairo, respecting Rebel movements in western Kentucky, — at Paducah, Columbus, Fort Pillow, etc. Stra...

Went up for the bread and beef. Visited the barber shop. Sleeked up. Examined our new arms. Like them well. We ought to be able to accompli...

In the morning rode to town and took a telegram for Lt. Abbey to his wife. Went and got Rob's boots and tried some on. Then rode back t...

An oppressive and anxious feeling in relation to movements at Charleston. It has been expected an attack would be made the first week in Ap...

Headquarters First Brigade, First Division, Ninth A. C. Before Petersburg, Va ., July 27, 1864. Yours of the 21st-24th reached me las...

Went to Cabinet, taking Mr. Whittlesey to Department. Found the President reading telegrams from Kentucky. McCook's division engaged wi...

Agitated and nervous, I turn to my diary to-night as the means of soothing my feelings. We have passed through a fatal thirty-six hours. Ye...

The cannon is now roaring in our ears. It cannot be more than three miles off. The Lord reigneth; in that is our trust. There was a severe ...

Snow two or three inches deep on top of the mud. Dr. Webb and Adjutant Avery started for Raleigh in the storm, or rather on the snow and mu...

Yesterday I broke down — gave way to abject terror under the news of Sherman's advance with no news of my husband. To-day, while wrappe...

The morning papers gave a telegram from General Lee, announcing that General Early's Brigade had taken Winchester by storm. So again Wi...

Received your telegram to-day. But am sure if you do not act immediately and appoint a commander-in-chief to take charge, it will be too la...

Vienna , December 16, 1861. My Dearest Mother : It is painful to me to write under such circumstances, but I suppose it is better to se...

March 18, 1865 This morning I sent you a telegraph, which may be rather late, I fear, though I sent it at the earliest chance. It was t...

No army news. In this quiet nook mail-day is looked forward to with the greatest anxiety, and the newspapers are read with avidity from beg...

Doctor John Cheves is making infernal machines in Charleston to blow the Yankees up; pretty name they have, those machines. My horses, the ...