ST. CHARLES HOTEL, New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 15, 1860. DEAR BOYD: I arrived yesterday. This morning find that a part of our bedding has be...

 NEW ORLEANS, October 27, 1860. DEAR COLONEL: I send you according to promise my two sons René and Henry, the latter being a state cadet f...

NEW ORLEANS, July 10, 1860. DEAR MAJOR: . . . I should like much to be able to accept your kind invitation to attend your examinations but...

LOUISIANA STATE SEMINARY, Alexandria, April 12, 1860. DEAR GENERAL: I have been pretty busy in obeying the orders of the Board of Supervis...

February 25, 1857. DEAR SISTER: . . . I am glad to hear of your good health and assiduity to study, and that you are exerting every facult...

WEST POINT, September 7, 1857 . MY DEAR SISTER: . . . In your letter you allude to my demerit.  I must say that it gave me the bluest kind o...