Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 02

SOUTHERN

Historical Society Papers.

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VOLUME II.

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JULY TO DECEMBER, 1876.

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richmond, va.:
Rev. J. WILLIAM JONES, D. D.,
Secretary Southern Historical Society.

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geo. w. gary,
  printer and stationer,
   richmond, va.
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CONTENTS.

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JULY.

Electrical Torpedoes as a System of Defence	1
Relative Strength of the Armies of Lee and Grant	6
Official Memoranda of Battles, &c., in the year 1864	22
Diary of Captain R. E. Park	25
Correspondence between Colonel Bassett French and General Wade Hampton	31
General Lee's Final Report of the Pennsylvania Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg	33
Patriotic Letters of Confederate Leaders	49
Resources of the Confederacy in February, 1865	56
Editorial Paragraphs	64

AUGUST.

General J. E. B. Stuart's Report of Operations after Gettysburg	65
Diary of Captain R. E. Park, Twelfth Alabama Regiment	78
Resources of the Confederacy in February, 1865	85
General George H. Steuart's Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg	105
Editorial Paragraphs	108
Book Notices	111

SEPTEMBER.

Resources of the Confederacy in February, 1865	113
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, by Carlton McCarthy of the Richmond Howitzers	129
General R. E. Rodes' Report of the Battle of Gettysburg	135
Editorial Paragraphs	159

OCTOBER.

General R. E. Rodes' Report of the Battle of Chancellorsville	161
Appendix to General Rodes' Report of the Battle of Gettysburg	172
Diary of Captain R. E. Park, Twelfth Alabama Regiment	172
Recollections of the Elkhorn Campaign, by General D. H. Maury	180
Defence of Charleston from July 1st to July 10th, 1864	192
Editorial Paragraphs	205
Book Notices	208

NOVEMBER.

Review of Count of Paris' History, by W. Baird, Esq	209
General A. P. Hill's Report of the Battle of Gettysburg	222
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life	226
Diary of Captain R. E. Park	232
Letter from General A. L. Long on Seacoast Defences	239
Letter from Commander Mitchell on Defence of New Orleans	240
Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Society	245
Editorial Paragraphs	252

DECEMBER.

Oration before Virginia Division of Army Northern Virginia, on the Defence of Petersburg, by Capt. W. Gordon McCabe	257
Diary of Captain R. E. Park	306
Editorial Paragraphs	316
Book Notices	319
Col. Chas. C. Jones' Confederate Roster	321