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In bringing this rough sketch of the operations of my division, whilst a part of Longstreet's corps, to a close, I desire to say that it is not meant for publication in its present form. 1 have written fully of persons and things because it was necessary to a proper understand- ing of the subject ; but I have the very kindest feeling for all herein mentioned, and do not wish to imply censure upon any one. For our corps commander, Lieutenant-General Longstreet, I have the very highest admiration and regard, both as a soldier and a gentle-. man. He is, in my opinion, one of the very few who in this war deserved all the honors (and more) that were heaped upon him. He is, or rather was, a thorough soldier and General.

As these pages were written from memory alone, there may be some slight inaccuracies in dates, but the incidents and the part as- signed to each are set forth just as they appeared to me and those about me, and are, I believe, in every particular correct.

C. W. Field, Late Major -General, Longstreet' s Corps,

Army Northern Virgiiiia.

Long's Memoir of General R. E. Lee.

A REVIEW BY J. WM. JONES.

Memoirs of Robert E. Lee: His Military and Personal History. Em- bracing a large amount of Information Hitherto Unpublished. By A. L. Long, formerly Military Secretary to General Lee, afterwards Brigadier- General and Chief of Artillery Second Corps Army of Northern Virginia. Together with incidents relating to his private life subsequent to the War, collected and edited with the assistance of Marcus J. Wright, formerly Brigadier-General Army of Tennessee, and Agent of the United States for the Collection of Confederate Records. New York, Philadelphia and Washington: J. M. Stoddart & Co. 1886.

We never fail to seek and to read with interest any and everything which can shed light on the life and character of General R. E. Lee, and hail with peculiar delight any new contribution to our knowledge of this superb soldier and peerless Christian gendeman. Knowing well the ability of the gallant and accomplished soldier, General A- L. Long, and his peculiar qualifications for his task, from the fact that he served for a time as military secretary and confidential staff-officer of General Lee, and afterwards as Chief of Artillery of the old Second