Washington Friday March 6th 1863. No news today of any importance from the armies or from the southern coast. We are in a State of great anxiety just now. It seems so important that we should now hear of Victories and I cannot but think that our troops will be successful wherever they strike at [...]

6th. In the morning the colonel called the officers together and stated in tears that he should resign if the thing were not ferreted out. I was in Case’s tent. C. and H. burned their property. Officers feigned a search but found nothing. In the evening officers held a meeting and passed resolutions. Medary received [...]

March 6th, 1863.—It is hard to even think, because I want to see Grandpa so bad. We were going to him in the summer and now I will never see him again. Father says I will see him in that beautiful Heaven, which he loved to talk of but it seems so far away. Grandma [...]

MARCH 6th.—I have meditated on this day, as the anniversary of my birth, and the shortening lapse of time between me and eternity. I am now fifty-three years of age. Hitherto I have dismissed from my mind, if not with actual indifference, yet with far more unconcern than at present, the recurring birthdays which plunged [...]

March 6, 1863, The New York Herald Our Mississippi River Correspondence. NEAR VICKSBURG, Feb. 22, 1863. The daring of the Union ram fleet during the year which has passed, has furnished themes for the admiration of the country. What was accomplished at Memphis before the Union occupation of that city, is still fresh in the [...]

March 6, 1863, The New York Herald (From the Richmond Examiner, March 2.) The following Despatch has been received:– SAVANNAH, Feb. 28, 1863. The steamer Nashville in coming up the Ogeechee river last night grounded on the sand bar before Fort McAllister and was discovered by the Yankee fleet. A Yankee iron clad opened fire [...]

March 6, 1863, The New York Herald It is the duty of the President to put down the rebellion. The Congress just deceased invested President Lincoln with extraordinary powers. The militia of all the States, the finances of the whole country and the liberties of all the people are placed under his control by the [...]

March 6, 1863, The New York Herald The news from Tennessee reports the progress of the Union arms. The force under the rebel General Van Dorn advanced towards Franklin on the 4th inst., where they were met by the Union troops and driven back with a loss of thirteen killed. The fight was resumed next [...]