Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 06

SOUTHERN


Historical Society Papers.

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VOLUME VI.

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JULY TO DECEMBER.

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RICHMOND, VA.:

Rev. J. WILLIAM JONES, D. D.,

Secretary Southern Historical Society.
1878.

G. W. GARY & CO., PRINTERS,

RICHMOND, VA.

CONTENTS.

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Sixth Annual Meeting Southern Historical Society:
Address of Rev. Dr. J. L. Burrows	241
Report of the Executive Committee	244
Detailed Minutiæ of Soldier Life. By Private Carlton McCarthy	1, 193
General Van Dorn's Report of the Elkhorn Campaign	37
Battle of Mobile Bay:
Review of Commodore Parker's Book. By General D. H. Maury	43
Official Report of Admiral Buchanan	220
Official Report of Commander J. D. Johnston	224
General S. D. Lee's Report of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou	49
Did General Lee Violate his Oath in Siding with the Confederacy? By Rev. Dr. J. L. M. Curry	54
Letter from Captain Mangole	190
"Four Years with General Lee"—A Review by General C. M. Wilcox	71
Report of the Operations of Clayton's Division North of the Tennessee River in the Campaign of the Winter of 1864	86
The Spirit of 1861—Correspondence of General R. E. Lee	91
Report of Brigadier-General J. H. Trapier of the Fight of 7th of April, 1863, in Charleston Harbor	125
Hart's South Carolina Battery—Its War Guidon. Addresses by Major Hart and Governor Hampton	128
The Confederate Career of General Albert Sidney Johnston—A Review by General Basil W. Duke, of Kentucky	133
Van Dorn's Operations in Northern Mississippi—Recollections of a Cavalryman. By Colonel A. F. Brown	151
Presentation of Army of Tennessee Badge and Certificate of Membership to Ex-President Davis	162
Two Witnesses on the "Treatment of Prisoners"—Honorable J. P. Benjamin and General B. F. Butler	183
The Artillery at Second Manassas:
General S. D. Lee's Reply to General Longstreet	59
General Longstreet's Reply to General S. D. Lee	215
General S. D. Lee's Rejoinder to General Longstreet	250
"Woman's Devotion"—A Winchester Heroine. By General D. H. Maury	218
Letter from General R. E. Lee	227
Governor Moore's Proclamation Concerning General Butler's Infamous Order	228
The Wounding of Stonewall Jackson:
Extracts from a Letter of Major Benjamin Watkins Leigh	230
Paper. By General J. A. Early	261
Letter from Captain Wilbourn of Jackson's Staff	266
The Historical Register on our Papers	235

Battle of Gettysburg:
General C. M. Wilcox on the Battle of Gettysburg	97
The Battle on the Right. By Colonel William C. Oates, of Alabama	172
Relative Numbers—Letter from Count of Paris	10
General Early's Reply to Count of Paris	12
Report of Major-General Edward Johnston	254
Report of Major-General H. Heth	258
The Battle of the Wilderness:
Report of General James Longstreet	78
Operations of Kershaw's Division	80
Report of General Goode Bryan	83
Report of General William Mahone	84
Report of General S. McGowan	145
General S. McGowan's Report of Spotsylvania Courthouse	149
West Point and Secession. By General D. H. Maury	249
Reunion of Army of Northern Virginia:
Speech of Honorable A. M. Kelley	286
Speech of General M. J. Wright	288
Editorial Paragraphs	46, 95, 142, 190, 239, 290
Book Notices	47, 95

 

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