House of REPRESENTATIVES , WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12, 1856. DEAR SIR: I have the pleasure of indorsing a notice signed by the Secretar...

SEMINARY, Sunday Evening, January 29, 1860. DEAR GENERAL: I received this p.m. your official letter on the rumor in town that some cade...

I breakfasted with Mr. Bigelow this morning, to meet General McDowell, who commands the army of the Potomac, now so soon to move. He came i...

Lancaster, Ohio , Sept. 7, 1859. Dear Sir : I am now in full possession of all documents sent to my address at Leavenworth including th...

Willard's Hotel, Washington , Sept. 7, 1859. Dear SIR: On arriving here night before last I had the pleasure to receive from Mr. R...

At early dawn this morning, looking out of the sleeping car, I saw through the mist a broad, placid river on the right, and on the left hig...

Lancaster, O. , Aug. 20,1859. Dear Sir : I wrote you a few days ago, in part answer to your very kind note addressed me at Lancaster. I...

Marien Villa, V ö slau, August 18, 1862. My Dearest Mother : It seems to me at times as if I could not sit out this war in exile. I c...

I arrived at Chattanooga (Tennessee) at 4.30 Am., and fell in with Captain Brown again; his negro recognised me, and immediately rushed up...

We reached Marshall at 3 A.M., and got four hours' sleep there. We then got into a railroad for sixteen miles, after which we were cram...

Washington, January 27, 1861. My Dear Sir : I have seen in the Star, and heard from other parties, that Major Beauregard, who had bee...

March 27, 1864. My dear sister: Yours of the 19th came last night. General Grant arrived yesterday, and established his headquarters ...

New York , September 10,1865. . . . The Secretary of War is going to ask Congress for an appropriation for a lecturer on the Law and Us...

A dry, cold day, no sun, leaden sky, — threatens snow. About noon gets gusty, wintry and colder. No severe cold yet. Am preparing to have r...

Saw Col. Pendleton to-day, but it was not the first time. I have seen him in the pulpit, and heard him preach good sermons. He is an Episco...

General Gregg writes that Chickahominy 1 was a victory manqu é , because Joe Johnston received a disabling wound and G. W. Smith was ill. ...

Mr. Toombs is to be a brigadier-general. That is what I looked for. The two brothers Cobb are to be colonels; and Orr is to have a regiment...

Camp Ewing, Virginia. — Yesterday and today it has been rainy, stormy, and disagreeable. I came up to my regiment yesterday as lieutenant-c...

Our hearts are overwhelmed to-day with our private grief. Our connection, Gen. James Mcintosh, has fallen in battle. It was at Pea Ridge, A...

Camp Tompkins, Virginia , October 29, 1861. Tuesday morning after breakfast. My Dear Boy : — If I am not interrupted I mean to write ...