Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., Detailed Minutiae of soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia., Paper no. 2.--romantic ideas Dissipated., page 222

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Electrical torpedoes as a system of defence.

Memorandum of information as to battles, &c., in the year 1864 , called for by the Honorable Secretary of War .

Correspondence between Colonel S. Bassett French and General Wade Hampton .

Patriotic letters of Confederate leaders.

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General J. E. B. Stuart 's report of operations after Gettysburg .

Resources of the Confederacy in February , 1865 .

General George H. Steuart 's brigade at the battle of Gettysburg .

Detailed Minutiae of soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia .

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General B. E. Rodes ' report of the battle of Chancellorsville .

Recollections of the Elkhorn campaign.

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A foreign view of the civil War in America .

General A. P. Hill 's report of battle of Gettysburg .

Letter from General A. L. Long .

Operations of Confederate States Navy in defence of New Orleans.

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What, then, must be thought of the worth of General Sherman's testimony, or of the animus which inspired it, when he describes this work as written “in a spirit of fairness and candor and with a desire to do justice to the complicated nature of our war.”

As to the author himself of this libel upon an heroic and unfortunate people, blind prejudice and profound ignorance furnish the only explanation, and the best, though still but a wretched excuse for his offence.

W. Baird. Essex county, Va.

Richmond, VA. 1876.

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