On picket again to-day. We are at a new place, on the road to Frederick, but not as far out as Catonsville. It is plain to see it is only fo...

Was quite unwell for a day or so. Nothing of particular interest occurred. Foraging parties were sent out to gather all the provisions and v...

Left the picket line again, returned to Camp Jackson, started for Darnestown by six o'clock, and arrived there by eight o'clock P. M...

Raining, and warm. It is said several hundred of the prisoners taken by Rosser in the Valley escaped, on the way to Richmond. A relaxation...

Near Chaffin's Bluff, Va.,           July 6, 1864. I have not written to you for several days because I knew a letter could not go Sou...

Cold rain; rained all night. Gen. Lee, urging that his regiments from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, etc. etc. be recruited from ...

Camp near Rappahannock River, Va.,           April 5, 1863. The weather has been more disagreeable since the beginning of April than at an...

ALEXANDRIA, LA., Dec. 15, 1860. DEAREST MINNIE: I have been intending to write you a good long letter, and now I wish I could send you all...

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 3, 1860. . . . This is a Saturday evening and I am seated at the office table where the Academic Board has been all week ...

Clear and warm. No war news, except reports that Gen. Wheeler has destroyed much of the railroad in Sherman's rear, and that Early has...

A bright, pleasant day. No news. Walked, as usual, to the department to see if any important letters had come, and then hastened back that...

LANCASTER, OHIO, August 12, 1860. DEAR GENERAL: I left Alexandria in the stage on Tuesday morning, reached the wharf boat [at the mouth of...

SEMINARY, June 28, 1860. . . . Last week I dismissed summarily two cadets of good families and large connexions. One has appealed to the B...

It rained all night! Cloudy and windy to-day. Gen. Hood corrects his dispatch of Saturday; we captured only 13 guns; but we captured some ...

HOSPITAL LIFE. Thus far I have been unable to discover any charms in hospital life. With fair health the active camp is far preferable. Th...

Bright and cool-a little rain last night. The Departmental Battalion is still kept out. They have built a line of fortifications four mile...

Sunshine and clouds—warm. No fighting yesterday. It is reported that the enemy's cavalry and a corps of infantry recrossed the Pamunky...

Clear and cool. All quiet round the city; but Petersburg was assaulted yesterday and successfully defended. The battalion of clerks stil...

Near Davis' Cross Roads, five miles north of Tar river. May 1, 1865, 4:30 p. m. We are 35 miles from Raleigh to-night, which makes 24 ...

Cloudy and showery, but warm, and fine for vegetation. My lettuce, cabbage, beans, etc. are growing finely. But the Yankee corn and lima bea...