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Report by Dr. Hunter McGuire, Chairman, ... 1

I. Slavery not the cause of the war.

II. Attempt of Northern writers to misrepresent the South and its cause.

III. The Northern cause will be finally adjudged the "Lost Cause."

IV. Criticism of the writings of Mr. John Fiske, and of "Our Country," by Cooper, Estill and Lemon.

V. All the South asks that the truth be stated.

Report by Judge Geo. L. Christian, Acting Chairman,. 33

I. The right of secession established by Northern testimony.

II. The North the aggressor in bringing on the war, established by their own testimony.

Report by Judge Geo. L. Christian, Chairman, ... 69

A contrast between the way the war was conducted by the Federals and the way it was conducted by the Confederates, drawn almost entirely from Federal sources.

Report by Judge Geo. L. Christian, Chairman,. . .107

On the treatment and exchange of prisoners.

Report by Judge Geo. L. Christian, Chairman,. . .141

North Carolina and Virginia in the Civil War.

Report of the History Committee of the U. C. V., made to the Reunion of Confederate Veterans, held at Richmond, Va., May 30th-June 3d, 1907, by Judge Geo. L. Christian, of Richmond, Va., ..... 173 I. Which side was responsible for the existence of the cause or causes of the war? II. Which side was the aggressor in provoking the conflict?

III. Which side had the legal right to do what was done?

IV. Which side conducted itself the better, and according to the rules of civilized warfare, pending the conflict?

V. The relations of the slaves to the Confederate cause?