Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 03

SOUTHERN

Historical Society Papers.

---

VOLUME III.

---

JANUARY TO JUNE, 1877.

---

RICHMOND, VA.:

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

Secretary Southern Historical Society.

---

GEORGE W. GARY,

PRINTER AND STATIONER,

RICHMOND, VA.

---

CONTENTS.

---

JANUARY.

Defence of Mobile in 1865, by General D. H. Maury	1
Detailed Minutiæ of Soldier Life, by Carlton McCarthy	13
Defence of Fort Gregg, by General James H. Lane	19
Address on the Character of Gen. R. E. Lee, by Capt. John Hampden Chamberlayne	28
Defence of Fort Morgan—Reports of General R. L. Page	37
Diary of Captain R. E. Park	43
Editorial Paragraphs	47

FEBRUARY.

General R. H. Anderson's Report of the Battle of Gettysburg	49
Diary of Captain R. E. Park	55
Battle of Atchafalaya River—Letter from General Thomas Green	62
Lieutenant-General S. D. Lee's Report of the Tennessee Campaign	64
General J. E. B. Stuart's Report of his Expedition into Pennsylvania	72
Letters on the Treatment and Exchange of Prisoners	77
The Defence of Fort Gregg	82
Dahlgren's Ride into Fredericksburg	87
Editorial Paragraphs	91

MARCH.

Resources of the Confederacy in 1865—Report of Gen. I. M. St. John, Commissary General	97
General Early's Valley Campaign, by General A. L. Long	112
Diary of Captain R. E. Park	123
Letter from General A. S. Johnston	128
Maryland Troops in the Confederate Service, by Lamar Hollyday	130
Comments on the First Volume of Count of Paris' Civil War in America, by General J. A. Early	140
The Last Confederate Surrender, by Lieutenant-General Richard Taylor	155
Editorial Paragraphs	159

APRIL.

Report of Major-General Carter L. Stevenson of the Tennessee Campaign	161
The Peace Commission of 1865, by Hon. R. M. T. Hunter	168
Cavalry Operations in May, 1863—Report of General J. E. B. Stuart	177
Diary of Captain R. E. Park	183
Field Letters from Stuart's Headquarters,	190
Zagonyi's Charge with Fremont's Body-Guard, by Col. Wm. Preston Johnston	195
The Nation on our Discussion of the Prison Question	197
Garnett's Brigade at Gettysburg	215
Part taken by the Ninth Virginia Cavalry in Repelling the Dahlgren Raid	219
Editorial Paragraphs	222

MAY AND JUNE.

Dalton-Atlanta Campaign—Report of Major-General C. L. Stevenson	225
Battle of Chancellorsville Report of General R. E. Lee	230
Diary of Captain R. E. Park	244
Torpedoes, by General G. J. Rains, Chief of the Confederate Torpedo Service	255
Report of Major-General Samuel Jones of Operations at Charleston, S. C.	261
Sketch of the Late General S. Cooper, by General Fitz. Lee	269
Battle of Seven Pines—Report of General James Longstreet	277
Cavalry Operations on First Maryland Campaign—Report of General J. E. B. Stuart	281
Field Telegrams	295
Editorial Paragraphs	301
Colonel Charles C. Jones' Confederate Roster	306