The Colonel left for Ohio to-day, to be gone two weeks. I came from the quarters of Brigadier-General Schleich a few minutes ago. He is a ...

WASHINGTON, December 4, 1849. MY DEAR SON,—I left home the first of last month, which throughout was a most delightful one, and, after pas...

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI,           ST. LOUIS, MO., Feb. 25, 1868 Dear Brother: *           *           *           ...

WASHINGTON, March 16, 1850. MY DEAR SIR,—I have been very thankful to you for the information you have, from time to time, communicated to...

SEMINARY (Sunday), Feb. 16, 1861. . . . I have been busy all day in making up accounts and papers and packing up. I shall leave here on Tu...

. . . Though Lincoln's opinions on slavery are as radical as those of Seward, yet southern men, if they see a chance of his success, wil...

LANCASTER, OHIO, March 15, 1860. DEAR GENERAL: At 5 p.m. of Wednesday, I was seated in the car, and soon whirled along Pontchartrain marshe...

Only three of us at the Cabinet meeting. Speed is attending the Court. The others absent, as usual, without cause, and the course pursued su...

SEMINARY, Feb. 8th, 1860. DEAR GENERAL: As to-morrow is mail day I will begin now to make up a budget for you; first your letter from Dr. ...

SEMINARY, Feb. 12, 1860. DEAR SIR: Roelofson 1 arrived yesterday at about 11 a.m. I was on the point of hearing a Spanish recitation, the...

Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. WASHINGTON, May 2, 1850 Last night was a glorious night for the lovers of the Union, and h...

MARRIED, In this city, on the evening of the first of May, by the Rev. James Ryder , President of Georgetown College, WILLIAM T. SHERMA...

SEMINARY, Jan. 29, 1860. DEAR SIR: . . . I perceive no signs of insubordination on the part of the cadets. On the contrary they are wel...

State Seminary , Alexandria, Jan. 8, 1860. Dear Sir : As you can well understand I am in the midst of busy times, answering letters, ma...

Seminary Of Learning, near Alexandria, La. , Nov. 27, 1859. DEAR SIR: . . . Congress granted to Louisiana long ago, some thirty years, ...

This is the anniversary of the Literary Club — the society with which so much of my life is associated. It will be celebrated tonight. The ...

Headquarters Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps , March 1, 1863. My Dear Mother: You speak of my name not appear...

CAMP OPPOSITE RICHMOND, May 10, 1865. I wrote you on arrival from Savannah at Old Point. I got here yesterday and found my Army all in....

RALEIGH, N. C., April 22, 1865. I wrote you a hasty letter by Major Hitchcock and promised to write more at length as soon as matters s...

IN THE FIELD, GOLDSBORO, N. C., March 31, 1865. . . . I have already been to see General Grant and am back before the enemy or newspa...