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account given. We can only indicate the headings of the chapters as follows: "West Virginia Campaign," where Lee sacrificed his own reputation rather than to sacrifice his men or injure the reputation of others who were "striking for the defence of the country as best they'could " — "The South Coast Defences," where General Lee left the impress of his engineering skill, which aided materially in the heroic defence which afterwards followed — "The Peninsula Cam paign," which brought McClellan to the gates of Richmond, and by the wounding of General Johnston at Seven Pines put Lee in com- mand of the Virginia army — "The Seven Days' Fight," which raised the siege of Richmond, forced McClellan to cower under the protection of his gunboats at Westover, and gave im- mortal fame to Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia — "Pope Outgeneralled," shows how "Headquarters in the Sad- dle" were dismounted, and Pope's braggadocio turned into the wail of a disgraceful disaster — "Advance into Maryland," sketches that campaign — "Fredericksburg," describes that great victory — " Chancellorsville," tells the story of that great triumph of military genius and indomitable courage — "Gettysburg," is a valuable addi- tion to the great'mass of literature on that campaign, and gives cumu- lative proof of what the publications in our Papers had abundantly proven, that the battle of Gettysburg was lost, not by any mistake of General Lee or any failure on the part of his brave boys, but by the disobedience of orders on the part of General Longstreet — "A Campaign of Strategy," gives the history of the Bristoe campaign, the Mine Run affair, and the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid — "Wilder- ness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor," brings out the marvellous strategy by which Lee outgeneraled Grant at every point, and the heroic fighting by which the Army of Northern Virginia defeated the Army of the Potomac wherever they met until after Cold Har- bor, having had more men put hors du combat than Lee had, it was compelled to sit down to the siege of Petersburg, a position which it might have taken at first without firing a shot or losing a man — " Early's Valley Campaign," gives a brief account of " the forlorn hope" which was so ably led against Sheridan's overwhelming masses — "The Siege of Petersburg" and "The Siege Continued," give accounts of operations during the summer, autumn and winter along the long line which Lee and his mere handful of ragged vete- rans defended against Grant's "overwhelming numbers and re- sources " — " From Petersburg to Appomattox," tells the sad story of