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but leave when he thought fit. From all I can learn, the Fort is to be held for the present, and now the best guns are being removed. It is a slow and difficult work, however, and it is only at night that we can do anything at all. You may suppose that there is danger, while in a helpless condition, of our being taken prisoners by being cut off, but rest assured that there is not the remotest probability of any such occurrence. You know by this time that I always tell you exactly what I think. We cannot be taken otherwise than by a storming party, and though the Yankees are smart enough to un- dertake almost any job, I give them credit for being a little too smart to take the contract. Probably it would not pay.

Wednesday Morniyig. — Yesterday evening at dusk the enemy made an attack on our rifle pits in front of Wagner, and after a sharp little fight, were repulsed. They have advanced their saps to within 400 yards of the battery. Our loss was six killed and twenty-five wounded.

The firing continued on us all day yesterday, but nothing like so rapidly as previously'; and while I write this morning, the firing is going on slowly again. Last night two of our companies were re- lieved from here and sent to the batteries on James's Island Their place was supplied by two picked Georgia companies. There are now only two of our own companies in the Fort — Captain Harleston's and Captain Fleming's. *****

Iredell Jones.

Military Operations of General Beauregard.

By Alfred Roman.

A REVIEW BY COLONEL VVM. ALLAN, FORMERLY CHIEF OF ORD- NANCE SECOND CORPS, A. N. V,

This book contains much of interest and value. General Beaure- gard was one of the highest officers in rank in the Confederate ser- vice, 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