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(139) enlisted men belonging to the Seventh were paroled on ist May, 1865. Major J. G. Harris was in command of the regiment, and commanded it oftener in the battle and on the march than any officer in it. The gallant Captain J. McLeod Turner was paralyzed by the wound received at Gettysburg, and walked with the aid of crutches until his death, some three years' since.

Wishing you success for the future, and that your last days may be your best days, I am, truly, your friend,

J. S. HARRIS, Captain Company B,

Seventh North Carolina Troops.

Major J. Scheibert (of the Prussian Army) on Confederate

History.

A REVIEW.

[The editor has held some pleasant correspondence with the chiv- alrous and genial Major Schiebert during the past few months. Major Schiebert in charming idiomatic English expresses the pleasure that the perusal of the Southern Historical Society Papers affords him. He holds in endeared memory his service in the Confederate army, and transmits many messages of regard to his former com- rades and friends. He expresses his intention to translate for the German press articles from the Papers. The editor is not a German scholar. He has availed himself of the kind service of Mr. Charles Poindexter, of the State Library of Virginia, in translating an article recently received from Major Schiebert. The readers of the Papers are indebted to Mr. Poindexter for the article which follows.]

European writings about American, and especially about Southern affairs, are so generally characterized by ignorance and blundering, that it is refreshing to meet anything like intelligent discussion of Confederate history and policy from the pen of a foreigner; and it becomes a grateful pleasure to note and acknowledge the friendly zeal of a foreign student who has intelligently informed himself on the subject, and has endeavored to impart to his fellow-countrymen a true knowledge of the facts of our history, and their significance.