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[[start page]] 3rd of 3 div. Brig. Gen. Heintzelman 4th of 3 div. Brig. Gen. Keys. A 5th army corp to be commandey by Gen. Banks will be formed of his own & Gen. Shields late Gen. Lander's division. As Gen McClellan has to [[be?]] the field in person he is relieved from the command of all military departments except the army of the Patomac. Gen. Halleck is to have command west [[strikethrough]] of a line [[strikethrough]] Knoxville Ten. & while there the county lying east of [[Halleck?]] department & west of the Patomac department ^to be called the mountain dept. is given to Gen Fremont who has been restored to favor. The latest report of Gen. Bank's division on the upper Patomac is that the Southerners have evacuated Winchester. T 13th Last night we attended some private theatricals at Lord Lyons. Carlotta Gerolt Madam [[L?]] Mrs [[Vilette?]] daughter of the ^[[Smith?]] Sec. of [[blank]] & Miss Long were the principal [[strikethrough]]lady [[strikethrough]] actresses the actors were mostly members of the the English legation. Lord Lyons had fitted up the ballroom of his house as a theater & spared nothing that might add to the pleasure of his guests. Mr [[Russel?]] took part in the Fernades Furioso. & did remarkabley well he made a most capital Fernades. Lord Lyons seemed to enjoy the plays heartily Mr [[?]] [artist?] of the London news was stage manager. We have just had a visit from a [[strikethrough]] gentleman [[\strikethrough]]^Dr [[Newbury?]] who was at Fort Donelson immediately after [[end page]] [[start page]] the battle. The wounded he said had been removed from the scene of action but the dead were still there. It was terrible to see the [[deceased?]] [[limbs?]] & gastly bodies of the brave men who had perished in their countrys cause. Dr [[Newbury?]] was on board the steamer with many of those who had been wounded. One a mere boy died with his mothers name upon his lips & one poor fellow who had received a ball in his brain repeated incessantly charge on, charge on, his [[p?]] [[i?]] at the moment he was wounded. No special news from the army Gen. McC. is expected in the city this evening. Capt Buchanan who was in command of the Merrimac will probably have to lose a limb he was severely wounded in the knee. Excursions to Mannassas is just now the order of the day. Monday 17th The river has been filled with boats loading at Alexandria with soldiers their destination is unknown. Tuesday 20th Went to day to Alexandria to see the embarcation of the troops. We were first obliged to go to the Provost [[Marshall?]] & sign a pass solemnly swearing thereby that we were true & loyal citizens of the United States & would in no way render aid or comfort to the enemy. The office of the [[Marshall?]] is in the house formerly occupied by the [[G?]] [[strikethrough]] is [[\strikethrough]] as we passed through the elegantly [[end page]]
