Bright and very cold. A storm has driven off a portion of the enemy's fleet before Wilmington. The raid toward Gordonsville and Char...

Hiram Barney, Collector at New York, called on me. Is feeling depressed. The late frauds, or lately discovered frauds, annoy him. . . . ...

Only three of us at the Cabinet meeting, and no special business matters were brought forward. I submitted to the President a dispatch from...

The rumor that Gen. Lee had resigned was simply a fabrication. His headquarters, a few days ago, were at Culpepper C. H., and may be soon t...

Nothing from Lee, or Johnston, or Beauregard, or Bragg — but ill luck is fated for them all. Our ladies, at least, would not despair. But a...

Ordered West: The Civil War Exploits of Charles A. Curtis Edited by Alan D. Gaff and Donald H. Gaff During the Civil War, Charl...

Extreme Civil War: Guerrilla Warfare, Environment, and Race on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier By Matthew M. Stith During the Amer...

CAMP, 24th July, 1864. My Dear Son: I have received your letter of the 20th. Colonel Carter's report of his operations was very s...

Greyhound Commander: Confederate General John G. Walker's History of the Civil War West of the Mississippi Edited By Richard L...