Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-05
THE RICHMOND D1spATCH-sUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1899

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SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PAPERS. Volume XXVI. Edited by
| y A Brock secretary, and pubhshed
| bv the Society. Price &-ihe ANIMAL
membership subscription.
Reference has already been made TO
the merits of this volume, i'm reviews OF
advance sheets. Completed, 1t may be
commended as being one Of the very best
! of the authoritative serial which has
been issued by the society. The table OF
contents is as follows:
l. The War Diary of Captain X. Il. PARK
| Twelfth Alabama. ls63-Gi, with reminls-
cences of distinguished officers battles,
and details OF amusements, Christian as
sOciations, and prices.
H. Colonel c. G. Jones, Third South
Carolina Cavalry, 10y Hon. W. ). Court
new.
III. The Dismemberment OF Virginia,
by william Baird, in which the ruthless
despoilment of Virginia by the taking
from her Of West Virginia Is calmly
stated in citation OF the evidence Of the
perpetrators
IV.-xi. Coast defence of South Caro-
lima and Heroes of Honey Hill. by Hon.
w. a. Courteney.
xiv. General J. T.. 3. Stuart. by
Captain r. T.. Frayser; and stuart :.
Ride Around Mcclellan, by Colonel j. >.
Mosby, both strikingly illustrative or the
ability and virtues of this peerless
sabreur.
VI. Retreat of Confederate Cabinet
from Richmond, by NJ. IL. Clark late
acting Treasurer Confederate States.
VII. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, as
given in the Charleston Courier. April ~
1sGl.
VIII. Battle OF Milford Station, by c.
T. I.oehr.
TX. The Battle and Campaign Of Get
tysburg from the unpublished MS), by
General Isaac 4. Trimblei calm ana
judicious review.
X. General w. II. c. whiting, an cd
dress by G. b. benson. General Whit
Ing, If unfortunate, was a hero, and his
excellences are here made patent.
XI. Unwilling of the Monument to the
Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederate
States Army at Montgomery, Ala, De-
cember Z. 1898, with addresses by ex-Gov-
ernor r. G.. Jones, Colonies w. j. and j.
w. 4. Sanford. Captain b. IL. Screws
and Hon. Hilary a. Herbert. Eloquent
and graphic tributes TO the cause and its
supporter.
XII. Historical Sketch OF Old Camp
Lee, by Colonel John 9. Shields.
XIV. Moses Drury Hoge, ID. D., LII d.,
I'm which il is claimed that he was a
faithful exemplihcation Of Faith, Hope
and Charity.
XVI. and XVII. The Presentation Of
the Portrait of Major John Pelham 10
Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans, with
addresses by f.. p. Cox General Joseph
Wheeler, and others. and recollections
OF the gallant boy major"
XVIII They Honor Fallen Foe
at Boston, Mass, with incisiye comments
thereon.
XIX. Protest OF Pickett-Buchanan
Camp. Confederate Veterans, against
pensloning by the United States Govern
ment OF Confederate soldiers.
Xxx. A Southern Account OK the Burn-
ing OF Chambersburg. by j. Scott Moore.
XXI. The Confederate Cause and It's
Defenders. by Hon. George i. Christian
an able presentation, in which the cause
is made evident by the estimation IN
which II IS held by northern and EngEsh
authorities, and the virtues of the &C.
tenders by exemplifcation, and the ad-
miration in which they are historically
held.
XXI. James Mercer Garnett. an adj
dress by his grandson, in which the
comprehensive virtues OF representa-
tive VIrginian Of the old school are out
lined IN lasting grace.
XIII. The Confederate Cavalry, It's
Wants. Trials, and Heroism, by Hon.
John Lamb.
XIV. Confederate Ordnance and the
Difficulty in Supplying 1t, by Colonel w.
LEROY Brown. president Alabama Poly
technc Institute.
XXV. Distinguished Dead Of the
Louisiana Division, Army Northern Nlr-
ginla. An address by Captain 3. i.
walsh. at New Orleans April 6, 1893.
The volume IS carefully indexed: ana
polnts and facts are thus made fully ap-
parent 10 the student. The society IS
fortunate in having an editor so careful
competent. and devoted 70 his work as its
secretary, r. a. Brock Esq.