The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-10

VALUABLE HISTORIC MATERrAL.-Since
Their last acknowledgement the Southern His
torical Society have received at their Office in
the capitol the following additions to their
collection:
From General Eppa Hunton, representa-.
tive Of the FMguier tVirginia( district in the
United States Congress: Eight volumes
OF the Report Of the Comsittee on the
Conduct of the. War. These volumes
embrace all that was published by
the committee OF the United States House
of Representatives. They treat successfully
of the Army OF the Potomac, Bull
Run, Balls Bluff, Western Depart
ment of Missouri, Halteras Inlet Ex-
peditien, Port Royal Expedition, Burnside
Expedition, Fort DonelsoD, Capture Of New
Orleans, Invasion OF New Mexico, hecomac
Expedition, Battle of Winchester, March %,
1862, Monitor and Merrimac, Protecting
Rebel Property, Rebel B,rbarities, Wsund.
ed from Front Royal, Va, COnvalescent
Camp, Alexandra, Va, Trade in Military
Districts, Communicating Countersign, Pay
masters Returning Slave, &C., Army Of the
Potomac under General Hooker and
General Meade, Battle Of Petersburg,
Red River. Expedition, Fort Fisher
Expedition, Heavy Ordnance. Sher-
man-Johnson, Lgh,-draught Monitors, Mus.
sacre Of the Cheyenne Indians, Rosecrauss
Campaigns. Reports made to the committee
by MajOr-G General Sherman, Major General
George II. Thomas, Ma5or-GensEal John
Pope, Major.General J. s. Foster, Major
General j. A. Peasantou, Major-G General E.
A. Hitchcock, Major-General 2. H. Sheridan,
Brigadier General james B. Ricketts,, COM
munication Of Norman Wizard, memorial of
Norman Wizard. . r-t.s-
These volumes contain much of the bick-
erings of Federal generals, the, secret his
tory of the war, and many confidential let
ters, reports, and kilograms, which throw q
food OF light on the history of the war, and
are invaluable to any historic collection.
From the same source the Society has re-
ceived two large volumes of United States
military maps. The first volume contains the
following maps: Military map of the United
States, General Grants campaign maps,
General Sherman's campaign maps, General
Thomas's campaign maps, Siege of yorktown,
Fort Fisher and vicinity, Northeast Virginia,
embracing the military deemes Of Wash!
ingtop, Harper's Ferry, and surrounding
country, siege; of Atlanta, MilitGsy
Works around Blakely, BattIe-felds in Trout
OF Nashville, Siege Of Vicksburg, Field OF
Shiloh, Military Operations in the Country
between Corinth and Monterey; Fortifca-
tions of Columbus, Kentucky; Military De-
fence of Mobile, Reel DefeDces Occupied
by United States Forces at Mobile, Battle
field OF Franklin. Tennessee. .. ... .-...
The second volume contains maps illustra-
ting the operations Of the armies of the Poto-
mae and the James from May i, 1864, to April
8, 1865, including Laftle-tields of the VIII
dcrness, Spotsylvania, North Anna. Lotopo-
tomoy, Cold Harbor, the Siege Of Peters
burg and Richmond, Five Forks, .JetersvlIe
and Sailors Creek, High Bridge, Farmyille,
and AppomattoX Courthouse.
These maps, prepared by United Siaies en-
gneers from surveys made during and since
the war. are beautifully executed and are
very valuable. General Hunton writes that
he 1as "yery much indebted to the kind
ness of General A. A. Humphries, chief en-
encer United States Army, and to y. S.
Buxton, doorketpcr Of the House of Repre-
sentativeS, who put themselves to considera-
BILE trouble and showed the most friendly
courtesy to the Society in procuring these
valuable donations"
The Society has received the promise Of
other valuable material. 1t has received
during the week an unusually large list OF
new members and "renewals" of old men,
bers, and It's important work seems to be
making very satisfactory progress.