The best news for us since the war began has come within a day or two; and it is confirmed. Beaufort, S. C., is taken by a federal fleet, an...

Spring has long delayed her coming here as well as northward. I could not be comfortable this P. M. in my room without a fire. Still, despit...

We had a man whipped to-day in our regiment for desertion. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier , p. 20