We brought our brief synopsis of this important trial down to Wednesday last. On that day the court ruled that the confession of Mrs. Sickle...

  We continue our brief synopsis of the evidence in this trial. On Wednesday, April 20 th , Mr. Wooldridge was examined by the prosecution...

President sent for me this evening. Found Stanton with him, having a dispatch from General Grant desiring him to request me to remove Comman...

After breakfast. Leaving head-quarters, I went across to General Mansfield's, and was going up-stairs, when the General* himself, a whi...

Up at 3 A. M. in the rain. Marched at 7. Moved through Washington with drawn sabres in platoon column. Passed by Willard's. Sheridan st...

I went up to General Scott's quarters, and saw some of his staff — young men, some of whom knew nothing of soldiers, not even the enfor...

Went to the White House and went through the East Room and two or three reception rooms. Eight very large mirrors in the East room, velvet ...

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,                         In the Field, Camp near Finley Hospital,        Washington, May 28...

WASHINGTON, May 27 , 1865 . Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi: General Augur has just been ...

On the evening of the 25th Fox, who had been frequently telegraphed by Butler to come down to Fort Monroe, determined to go, and asked me t...

To-night Gen. Burnside came up with me from Willard's to see the President.   They talked about the opening campaign more than anything...

. . . . . I left Willard’s yesterday and went to live at Club to-day. SOURCES: Clara B. Hay,  Letters of John Hay and Extracts from ...

I went down to Willard’s to-day and got from Palmer, who is here, a free ticket to New York and back for Walt. Whitman, the poet, who is go...