Camp White , August 5, i863. Dearest : — Yours from Elmwood, dated 2nd, reached me this morning. You were not in as good heart as it fo...

At the Cabinet to-day the President read letters from certain Louisiana planters and from General Banks and others, urging the admission of...

Mr. Seward sent to me at my house on Saturday evening a voluminous bundle of dispatches, which had been placed in his hands by Lord Lyons, ...

[From the original, Department of State.] Washington City, D. C.                        April 15, 1865 . Andrew Johnson, Vice-Pr...

A warm, pleasant day. Sent three companies late last night to Tompkins Farm under Captain Sperry; a dark, muddy march — just out of good qu...

Went on board of steamer Baltimore Wednesday evening in company with a few friends, for a short excursion. My object was to improve the tim...

. . . I was mentioning old Mr. Blair’s very calm and discreet letter of October 5 to the President to-day contrasting it with Montgomery’s ...

This morning I asked the President if the report of the resignation of Blair were true. He said it was. “Has Dennison been appointed...

The New Year opens with a bright and brilliant day. Exchanged congratulations at the Executive Mansion with the President and colleagues, a...

The President tells me he has a list of the number of new recruits which have reached Washington under the late call. Over 18,000 have arri...

Mr. President : — The National Union Convention, which closed its sittings at Baltimore yesterday, appointed a committee, consisting of one...

Headquarters 23d Reg't., O. V. Inf., U. S. A., Mountain Cove, Six Miles Above Gauley Bridge, October 9, 1861. Dear Brother : — ...

Weston, Virginia , August 8, 1861. Dear Uncle : — I am glad to learn by a letter from Mother that you are getting well enough to ride a...

Headquarters Armies Of The United States, City Point, Va. , Nov. 18, 1864. I wrote a hurried note to wife a day or two ago upon m...

A. M. our regiment was reviewed by the Governor and Major-General Fremont. It was a gratifying scene. The Colonel (Fremont — I must always ...

Camp Chase , July 24, 1861. Dear Uncle : — I am surrounded by the bustle and confusion attendant upon a hurried leaving of camp. We go ...

Camp Chase , July 2, 1861. Dearest : — The comet, or the storm, or something makes it cold as blazes this morning, but pleasant. Speaki...

Camp Chase , June 30, 1861. Dearest : — Sunday morning, according to army regulations, there is to be a mustering and inspection of all...

I received a dispatch from Governor Dennison asking me if I would accept the majority in a regiment of which William S. Rosecrans was to be...

Mansfield, Ohio   April 20th/61 My dear Sir I am very anxious to render any service to the Govmt in my power prior to the meeting o...