_Examiner_ thereon.--Scarcity of provisions
in the army.--Congress and the President. 140

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Attempt to capture Richmond.--Governor Vance and Judge
Pearson.--Preparations to blow up the "Libby" prisoners.--
Letter from General Lee.--Proposal to execute Dahlgren's
raiders.--General Butler on the Eastern Shore.--Colonel
Dahlgren's body.--Destitution of the army.--Strength of
the Southwestern army.--Destitution of my family.--Protest
from South Carolina.--Difficulty with P. Milmo & Co.--Hon.
J. W. Wall. 162

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Return of Mr. Ould and Capt. Hatch from Fortress Monroe.--
Quarrel between Mr. Memminger and Mr. Seddon.--Famine.--A
victory in Louisiana.--Vice-President Stephens's speech.--
Victory of Gen. Forrest.--Capture of Plymouth, N. C.--Gen.
Lee's bill of fare. 179

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Dispatch from Gen. J. E. Johnston.--Dispatch from Gen.
Lee.--Mr. Saulsbury's resolution in the U. S. Senate.--
Progress of the enemy.--Rumored preparations for the
flight of the President.--Wrangling of high officials.--
Position of the armies. 196

CHAPTER XXXIX.

Beauregard's plan.--The battle.--Defeat near Staunton.--
Fight at Petersburg.--Decision about Marylanders.--
Beauregard in disgrace.--Dispatch from Gen. J. E. Johnston. 223

CHAPTER XL.

Gen. Lee's dispatch announcing Gen. Hampton's victory.--Cost
of a cup of coffee.--From Gens. Johnston and S. D. Lee.--
Gen. Early in Maryland.--Rumored capture of Baltimore.--
Letter from Gen. Lee.--Dispatch from Gen. Hood.--Status of
the local troops. 241

CHAPTER XLI.

From the Northern papers.--Letter from J. Thompson,
Canada.--From Mr. McRae, our foreign agent.--Dispatch from
Major-Gen. Maury.--"General Order No. 65."--Battle of
Reams's Station. 258

CHAPTER XLII.

The Federal Presidency.--The Chicago Convention.--Fall of
Atlanta.--Bureau of Conscription.--From Gen. Hood.--
Vice-President Stephens on the situation.--Letter from
Mrs. Mendenhall.--Dispatch from Gen. Lee.--Defeat of Gen.
Early.--From Gov. Vance.--From Gov. Brown, of Georgia.--
Gen. Lee's indorse