The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-26
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4, f-gFf . HISTORICAL PAPERS,.
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VALUABLE DOCUMENTS SENT TO THE
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL soCIETY-DE
sTRUCTIoN OF CHURCHES IN sOUTE
!, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CONCERNING
CONFEDERATE !, TORPEDO OPERATIONS
DESIRED. s.saE.t s
Isl The Southern Historical Society acknowl.
edges the following recent ohtributions to
IFS already Invaluable and rapidly -increas-
ing collection Of "materfal for the future
hissarian -. T. isrtrf sGi T1f ltt's 'lCHtS
From Mr.. Yates snowden, OF Charleston,
Sc. The Land We' 'Loue for 1868, and two
Noslfor 1889; number Of war newspapers
for ,81, ,G2, ,63, and '84; 8 number OF valua-
BILE Confederate pamphlets. III i
" From a. Barron Holmes, Esq, OF Charles
ton, s. c.: Caldwel's I" History OF Gregg's
(MeGowan's) South, Carolina Brigade ~;
Holiness g Phosphate Rocks OF South Caro-
lina"; report Of the Committee on the De
struction Of Churches in the Diocese Of
South Carolina during the late war, pre-
sented to the Protestant Episcopal Conyen-
tion May, 1868. cThis report shows. that
in the Diocese OF South Carolina the enemy
burned ten churches and tore down three !;
that eleven parsonaSes were burned; that
every church between the Savannah river
and Charleston was injured, some stripped
even Of Notwithstanding and flooring; !;
that almost every minister in that region
Of the State lost: home and library !;
that almost every church lost its commu-
MON piate-often massive and venerable
set-the donation OF an English or colonial
ancestor-and that clergy and parishoners
alike had been so robbed and despoiled that
they were reduced to absolute want. "Thc
Record OF Fort Sumpter during the Adj
ministration Of Governor Pickens," COM
piled by w. A. Harris; address Of Major
Theo. G. Barker at the anniversary OF the
Washington Artillery Club, February %,
1916; Refinement of the South Carolina
Dead from Gettysburg, address Of Rev. DR..
Girardeau, odes, &C.. Grafton OF General
Wade Hampton, and poem Of Rev. DIR. z.
T. Winkler, at the unveiling Of the monu-
ment OF the Washington Light Infantry Of
Charleston, June 16, 1870; "South Caro-
lima in Arms, Arts, and the Industries" by
John Peyre Thomas, superintendent OF
Carolina Military Institute; Map OF the
Siege OF Vicksburg; Map Of the Seat OF
War in Mississippi; Marginalia. or Clean
ings from an Army Notebook" by Per
some, army correspondent, &C., Columbia,
8. c., 1864; "The Burning OF Columbia, $.
Co." by DR.. D. Fl. Trezeyant
From j. F. Mayer, Richmond: Messages
OF President Davis for January 18th, Feb
ruary 5th, February 18th, and February
l4th, 1864. Mr. Mayer is an industrious
collector Of Confederate material, and places
the Society under frequent obligations for
rare and valuable documents.
~ Sfn1,a
ericksburg, Va. A box Of bis headquarters
papers, which consists Of such valuable
material as the following: Report Of Lieu
tenant-General S. D. Lee Of the operations
OF his corps from the time he succeeded
General Hood in the command to the arrival
OF the army at Palmetto station; General
Lees report Of Hoods Tennessee campaign ;
General Stevenson's report OF the same cam
paien; General Stevenson's report OF the
operations of his division from the begin
ming of the Dalton-Atlanta campaign up to
NAV 80, 1864; General Steyenson's report
OF the engagement on Powder Springs road,
June 90, 1854; reports OF General Stevenson,
General Brown, General j. r. Jackson, Gen.
eral E. G. Walthal, General E. w. Pettus,
and a number OF regimental and battery
commanders, Of the battle OF Lookout Noun
tain. A large number Of general field orders,
field letters, field notes, returns, inspection
reports, &C., &C., which are Invaluable ma
terial for history Of Steyenson's division,
and, indeed, OF the whole army with which
this gallant and accomplished officer was
connected.
.(The Society is exceedingly anxious to
collect full set OF papers bearing on the
operations OF our western armies, and re-
gard this contribution Of General Stevenson
as most valuable addition to the large
amount of such material already in their
archives.) ,....
From the Department Of State, Washing
ton: Foreign relations OF the United States,
1876. s 49,:
From General Eaton, Commissioner OF
Education Report OF Education Bureau
for 1875. Special report on libraries in the
United States. ~.
From Major Il. f. Walker, Superin.
tendent Public Printing, Virginia Annual
reports for 1S75-'7G.
From DR.. W. Fl. Ruffner, Superintendent
of Public Instruction, Virginia: School re-
port for 1876.
From Historical Society Of Montana
" Contributions, vol. 1, 1876.
The Society is very anxious to secure
everything bearing on torpedo operations:
during the war (plans pursued, number OF
vessels destroyed or injured, &c.6 and
would be glad if any person IN possession
of documents or facts bearing on the sub.
iect would send them to the secretary (ReV'
J. William jones', at Richmond. r..-