FT. MONROE, VA., July 8, 1855. MY DEAR COUSIN: Your kind letter of the 25th Ult was misdirected to me at New York and did not overtake me ...

The ambulances are now bringing in the enemy's wounded as well as our own. It is the prompting of humanity. They seem truly grateful fo...

Everybody is upon the tip-toe of expectation. It has been announced (in the streets!) that a battle would take place this day, and hundreds...

The ambulances are coming in with our wounded. They report that all the enemy's strong defenses were stormed, just as we could perceive...

Last night about one o'clock I was wakened and told that mother and Miriam had come. Oh, how glad I was! I tumbled out of bed half asle...

There is no word in the English language that can express the state in which we are, and have been, these last three days. Day before yeste...

Decca's wedding. It took place last year. We were all lying on the bed or sofas taking it coolly as to undress. Mrs. Singleton had the ...

The plot thickens, the air is red hot with rumors; the mystery is to find out where these utterly groundless tales originate. In spite of a...

CAMP OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG, May 14, 1862. Last Sunday the enemy, who have some force in our front on the other side of the river, adv...