Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., <a target="_blank" onclick="openPopupWindow(this); return false" href="entityvote?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0001&auth=beauregard,g.,t.&n=1&type=person">General Beauregard</a>'s report of the battle of Drury's Bluff., Letter to <a target="_blank" onclick="openPopupWindow(this); return false" href="entityvote?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0001&auth=bragg,braxton&n=1&type=person">General Bragg</a>., page 206

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General Beauregard 's report of the battle of Drury's Bluff .

Toast-our cause in history.

Federal testimony as to the Merrimac and Monitor.

List of officers of the C. S. Iron-clad Virginia, March 8th , 1862 .

Report of General Marmaduke .

[read before the Louisville Southern Historical Association .]

The re-organization.

An artillerists troubles.

In winter quarters.

A lecture delivered in Baltimore , in November , 1872 , by Rev. Dr. R. L. Dabney .

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Report of Lieutenant-General Longstreet .

Battle of Belmont .

Letter from President Jefferson Davis .

The battle at Resaca .

The further retreat.

Siege of Atlanta .

Letter to General Bragg .

Report of General Braxton Bragg .

Address of Colonel J. B. Walton .

1861 —the first act of war.

General Fitzhugh Lee 's Second tour in behalf of the Southern Historical Society .

Montgomery Ala. ,

Summary of results.

[funeral eulogy at Port Gibson , December 27th , 1882 .]

Address of Colonel B. F. Eschelman at their Reunion.

Address of Colonel W. M. Owen .

Address of Hon. C. E. Hooker , of Mississippi .

Address of President Davis .

The Maryland line in the Confederate Army .

Our cause in history.

The Merrimac and Monitor.

The Army of Tennessee .

Notes and Queries.

Editorial paragraph.

Literary notices.

The battle of Chickamauga .

Services of the Virginia ( Merrimac ).

Campaign against Steele in April , 1864 .

Recollections of Libby prison .

Reminiscences of Floyd 's operations in West Virginia in 1861 .

Confederate Artillery service.

Sketch of Third battery of Maryland Artillery .

Reminiscences of service in Charleston Harbor in 1863 .

Stonewall Jackson .

Stonewall Jackson 's way.

Notes and Queries.

Editorial Paragraphs.

Literary notices.

Stonewall Jackson .

Reminiscences of services in Charleston Harbor .

Battle of Chickamauga .

Diary of Rev. J. G. Law .

Confederate privateersmen.

The death of Willie Abell .

Sketch of Third battery of Maryland Artillery .

Sketch of Dr. G. W. Derenne .

A defence of General Bragg 's conduct at Chickamauga .

Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge .

Sketches of the history of the Washington Artillery .

The Washington Artillery in the Army of Tennessee .

Reminiscences of the siege of Vicksburg .

Editorial Paragraphs.

In Memoriam General B. G. Humphreys .

Life and character of Ex-Governor B. G. Humphreys of Mississippi .

The Washington Artillery .

A reminiscence of the Christmas of 1861 .

Laying the corner Stone of the monument tomb of the Army of Tennessee Association, New Orleans.

The Shenandoah Valley in 1864 , by George E. Pond —Campaigns of the civil war, XI .

Marse Robert is asleep.

Notes and Queries.

Editorial Paragraphs.

Literary notices.

Diary of Rev. J. G. Law .

The Nathan Hale of Arkansas — David O. Dodd .

Report of Major-General S. B. Buckner of the battle of Chickamauga .

Anecdotes of the war.

Allan 's history of the Valley campaign.

Prison experience of a Northern soldier.

Editorial Paragraphs.

Literary notices.

Unveiling of Valentine 's Recumbent figure of Lee at Lexington, Va. , June 28th , 1883 .

The friendship between Lee and Scott .

The sword of Lee .

General Lee 's farewell address to his Army.

President Davis on General Lee .

Robert E. Lee .

Editorial Paragraphs.

The Virginia campaign of 1864 - 1865 .

Diary of Rev. J. G. Law .

Notes and Queries.

Editorial Paragraphs.

Literary notices.

The twenty-fourth South Carolina at the battle of Jonesboro .

Official report of Colonel George William Logan , on the engagement between the Federal gunboats and Fort Beauregard , on the 10th and Sixth May , 1863 .

Who fired the first gun at Sumter ?

A narrative of Stuart 's Raid in the rear of the Army of the Potomac .

Anecdotes of General R. E. Lee .

Report of Conner 's South Carolina brigade at Cedar Creek , October 19th , 1864 .

Notes and Queries.

Editorial Paragraphs.

Literary notices.

The past two years

Material on hand.

Address of General Dabney H. Maury at the Reunion of Confederate veterans, Maury camp, no. 2 , Fredericksburg, Va. , August 23 , 1883 .

Correction of errors in statement of Governor Anderson , and letter of General Echols .

Death of General A. P. Hill .

Annual Reunion of the Virginia division Army of Northern Virginia Association.

Editorial Paragraphs.

Literary notices.

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[206] because he was held back by you, until months afterwards it was reported that he had so stated.

His troops were on the ground and I knew could have attacked, and were eager to do so; I cannot now, nor did I then understand why he failed to move.

The facts above stated, I remember distinctly. The lost opportunity made a deep and lasting impression on my mind.

Very respectfully and truly yours,

will. T. Martin.

Richmond, VA. 1883.

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