# Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 06

July to December, 1878
SOUTHERN Historical Society Papers.
VOLUME VI.
JULY TO DECEMBER.
RICHMOND, VA.:
Rev. J. WILLIAM JONES, D. D.,
Secretary Southern Historical Society. 1878.
G. W. GARY & CO., PRINTERS,
RICHMOND, VA.
CONTENTS.
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 |