Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 07

SOUTHERN

 

Historical Society Papers.

 

 

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VOLUME VII.

 

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JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1879.

 

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RICHMOND, VA.:

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

Secretary Southern Historical Society.

CONTENTS.

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Averasboro', N.C.:
General Wm. B. Taliaferro's Report of Battle	31
Captain Graham Daves' Correction	125
General Taliaferro's Letter of Explanation	195
Alleged Proclamation of Mr. Lincoln	95
Burning of Columbia:
General Wade Hampton's Letter to Hon. Reverdy Johnson	153
Captain James Wood Davidson's Review of Sherman	185
Colonel A. R. Chisholm's Letter on Orders of Hampton and Beauregard	249
Barbara Frietchie— Refutation of Whittier's Myth:
Letter from General J. A. Early	435
Letter from Mrs. Frietchie's Nephew	438
Correspondence of the Confederate State Department:
Letter from Mr. Benjamin to Mr. Holcombe	99
Letters from Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Benjamin	101
Mr. Benjamin to Mr. Holcombe	132
Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Benjamin	135
Honorable Jacob Thompson's Letters	137
Honorable R. M. T. Hunter's Instructions to Honorable J. M. Mason	234
Letters from Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Benjamin	293
Letters of Honorable C. C. Clay, Jr., to Mr. Benjamin	333
Chancellorsville:
Address of General Fitzhugh Lee before Army of Northern Virginia Association	545
Campaign of 1864:
General William F. Perry's Reminiscences	49
Death of Major-General J. E. B. Stuart	107
Several Errors in the Previous Paper Corrected	140
Operations of the Second South Carolina Regiment Sketched. By Colonel William Wallace	128
General Harris' Report of an Incident in the Wilderness	131
General Hampton's Report of the Battle of Trevylian's Depot and Subsequent Operations	147
General Hampton's Report of the Engagement at Sappony Church	168
General John B. Gordon's Report of the Battle of Monocacy	173
Colonel J. Stoddard Johnston's Sketches of Breckinridge's Operations	257, 317, 385
Official Diary of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, while Commanded by Lieutenant-General R. H. Anderson, from May 7th to October 18th	491, 503
Letter from General Wade Hampton to General John C. Breckinridge	291
General R. H. Anderson to General Early	291
General R. E. Lee to Secretary of War	292
The Captured Guns at Spotsylvania Courthouse—Letters from Major Page, Sergeant Green, General A. L. Long, and Colonel T. H. Carter	535, 540
Telegrams Concerning Operations Around Petersburg	345
General Longstreet's Report of Affair of October 27th	541
General Price's Report of Missouri Campaign of 1864	209
The Gettybsurg Campaign:
Address of General McLaws before the Georgia Historical Society	64
General B. D. Fry's Sketch of Pettigrew's Charge	91
Colonel J. R. Winston's Reply to Dr. McKim	94
Report of General Heth of the Affair at Falling Waters	196
Report of General Edward Johnson of the Capture of Winchester	200
Report of General John B. Gordon	241
Report of General Wade Hampton	245
Report of General Wilcox	280
Doctor McKim's Rejoinder to Colonel Winston	315
Report of General J. E. B. Stuart	401

Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862:
Address of Colonel William Allan before the Virginia Division, Army of Northern Virginia	1
Reminiscences of General T. T. Munford	523
Official Letters from General Jackson	531
General Garland's Report of the Battle of Seven Pines	113
Letters of General R. E. Lee to W. W. Corcoran, Esq.	152
Report of General John C. Breckinridge of Battle of Chickamauga	161
General Bragg's Proclamation on Entering Kentucky	172
Detailed Minutiæ of Soldier Life. By Private Carlton McCarthy	176
General Benning's Notes on the Final Campaign of April, 1865	193
Captain Ritter's Account of Operations of Section of Third Maryland Battery in Spring of 1863	247
General R. E. Lee's Preliminary Report of the Bristoe Campaign	250
Captain Page's Sketch of Career of the "Stonewall."	263
Confederate Losses During the War—Correspondence Between Dr. Joseph Jones and General S. Cooper	287
Colonel Chisholm's Corrections of Sherman's Memoirs	295
Battle of Hampton Roads—Reports of Secretary Mallory and of Commodore Buchanan	305
Battle of Farmington, Tennessee—Report of General Daniel Ruggles	230
Prison Experience. By Sergeant Wells, of South Carolina	324, 293, 487
Battle of Shiloh:
Letter from General Ruggles	35
Report of General Rugeles	36
Letter from Colonel Bankhead	41
Letter from Captain Sandidge	43
Letter from Colonel S. S. Heard	44
Letter from Captain James C. Thrall	45
Letter from General Ruggles	47
Letter from Colonel J. Stoddard Johnston	47
Second Battle of Manassas. By Colonel R. M. Mayo	122
Foreign Recognition of the Confederary. By Honorable James Lyons	353
Our Fallen Heroes, Address by Honorable A. M. Kelley	373
Fort Pillow—Vindication of General Chalmers by a Federal Officer	439
Letter from General R. E. Lee	445
Meeting of Southern Historical Society at White Sulphur Springs:
Remarks of General Maury	450
Forrest and his Campaigns—Address of General Chalmers	451
Last Telegrams of the Confederacy	127
Van Dorn's Operations Near Nashville in 1863. By Colonel Edward Dillon	144
Annual Meeting and Report of Southern Historical Society	586
Battle of Williamsburg:
Narrative of Colonel Bratton, Sixth South Carolina Regiment	299
Reply of Colonel D. K. McRae to Colonel Bratton	360
Sketch of General R. Taylor. By General D. H. Maury	343
Battle of Taylor's Ridge—General Polk's Report	590
Operations in Trans-Mississippi Department in June, 1863:
Report of General E. Kirby Smith	442
Report of General R. Taylor	443
Report and Letter of General R. Taylor	497
History of Lane's North Carolina Brigade. By General James H. Lane—No. 1.	513
Editorial Paragraphs	48, 111, 159, 205, 253, 303, 399, 349, 447, 495, 544, 592
Book Notices	111, 205, 255, 304, 399