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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Contributions to the history of the Confederate Ordnance Department . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A Central laboratory. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Is the
Eclectic history of the(search)United States a proper book to use in our schools?
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Military operations of General Beauregard . (search)
Military operations of General Beauregard. By Alfred Roman.
A Review by Colonel Wm. Allan, formerly Chief of Ordnance Second corps, A. N. V.
This book contains much of interest and value.
General Beauregard was one of the highest officers in rank in the Confederate service, and was concerned in many important operations during the civil war. Indeed, few officers on either side had an experience more varied and extensive.
The narrative throws light on many of the great junctures of that struggle, and is enriched by a mass of official documents, many of which are here published for the first time.
Though there is no little diffuseness and repetition in the book, the arrangement is clear and the style easy and attractive.
The care and labor shown in the preparation, as well as the mass of valuable materials it contains, render this book indispensable to the student of the history of the war.
We regret that we cannot go farther in praise of this book, but its whole tone, t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Artillery at the Southern arsenals. (search)
Artillery at the Southern arsenals. By Captain Graham Daves.
Newbern, N. C., June 15th, 1884. To the Editor of the Southern Historical Society Papers:
Sir: Is not the publication of General Gorgas' papers on the Confederate Ordnance Department, edited by Colonel W. Allan, to be continued?
Paper I, in the January number of the Historical papers, contained so much of interest and information that many of your readers are quite impatient for the remaining numbers.
In reference to the artillery in service at the beginning of the war, General Gorgas probably did not mean to be understood quite literally, when he wrote:
There were no batteries of serviceable field artillery at any of the Southern arsenals.
At the Fayetteville, N. C., arsenal, there was a fine battery of brass field pieces—four six-pounder guns, and two twelve-pounder howitzers, with forge and battery wagon complete.
When the arsenal was surrendered to the State forces, this battery was turned over to