The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-02

CONTRIBUTIONS - HIsroRY.-The South.
ern Historical Society acknowledges the fol-
lowing contributions to the material for
Confederate history which it Is collecting,
| and earnestly solicits similar donations from
all who are able to help the good casse: H..
From General Dabney H. Maury: De-
scription of the battle of the Wilderness,
May, 1854, given by the correspondent Of
the London Herald. gi Jg.t.,,., 80. :.
From Rev. DR.. r. L. Dabney. of Union
Theological Seminary: !: a memoir prepared
Dy himself of narrative of Colonel john
b. Baldwin, of S.aunton, touching the ori.
gin OF the war. Speech of Colonel Charles
Marshall, of Baltimore, before the Associa-
tlon oil the Army Of Northern Virginia.
From =. 7. McMorris: a narrative of the
campaign In Tennessee and of the operations
Of General Stewart's corps in that cam.
paign. .2'i'ah..5 ..ttE. ~.
From Miss Zel!a Hargrove, Of Shreveport,
La. A narrative of the, organization of Fer.
guson's brigade Of cavalry, composed of
Perrin's regiment Of Mississippians; Mil.
| ler's Sixth Mississippi, formed of the Eigh-
teenth Mississippi and Eighteenth Tennes-
see battalions; Inge's Twelfth Mississippi,
Boyle's Fifty-siXth Alabama, and E8rle's
| afterwards Carpenter's] Second Alabama.
From Emanuel Currant, ESQ.,: Files of
many Nos. of Charleston Is. CO. neWspa-
pers in the commencement of the war. ,.
: From Captain George T. Sinclair, formerly
|. of Norfolk, now of Halifax, Nova Scotia !:
| Narrative Of the burning Of the Norfolk
nayy-yard and the Federal ships stationed
there; the saving of large amounts of pow
der, taken in the magazine, by himself and
! others, with immense quantities of other
military stores, for the State of Virginia.
From Rev. j. William Jones: A handsome
copy of his "Personal "reminiscences, Au-
ecdotes, and Letters Of General r. E. Lee"
From Walter C.. Preston, Esq: A sketch
of the life and character of David T. Creigh,
of Greenbrier county, West Virginia, with
an authentic account of the circumstances
of bis cruel and lamentable execution on
the 9th Of June, 1861, by order Of General
David Hunter.
Lieutenant.G 6 overnor Samuel Price stig-
matizes this act, under bis signature, with
this language =" No event of the war has
equaled il in intensity, and no event, per-
haps. has eQualed it in cold.blooded afro.
city," .l @a' 'L -'sf
| From Maior Robert Stiles Additional
reports and documents collected by Robert
T.. Howison. ESQ, for his history of the
war, and now contributed to the material
Of the Southern Historical Society. Report
of Brigadier-G General r. s. Ripley of opera
tions from August 81 to September 10, 1863,
with sub-reports. ..- >.
Official reports of various battles, pub.
lished by order Of Congress of the Confede'
rate States. s'....
Report Of Colonel ". 3. Tabb Of skir-
mish at Olive Branch church. >gt
Report Of General w. E. Jones of opera.
tions in Northwestern Virginia. Report OF
General j. D. Imboden of similar operations.
Report of General j. E. B. Stuart of the
battle of Fleetwood. ,ft.,si ,...,.s,.
Report of General Loring of the battle of
Bakers Creek. .-.-. ......-e,..........
Many Nos. Of the Richmond Whig in
the spring of 1865 and of other newspapers
of that period. 4.,, ..f- ..
Letters on southern wrongs and remedies
by Judge JohD Robertson, published in 1861.
. Scrfptural Views of National Trials by
Rev. c. Fl. Wiley, superintendent of public
schools Of North Carolina, and other papers
of historic value.