R. A. BROCK, SECRETARY OF THE SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. RICHMOND, VA. PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. 1898. WM. ELLIS JONES, PRINTER, RICHMOND, VA. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Auter, Lunes and Tiidon, Foundations, 1899 14228 TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. V. General J. E. B, Stuart-A Tribute, by Capt. R. E. Frayser, VI. Retreat of the Confederate States Cabinet. By Capt. Mica- II. Report of the Bombardment of Fort Sumter, as given in the X. The Battle and Campaign of Gettysburg. From the origi- nal MS. By Major-General J. R. Trimble, C. S. A....... X. Wm. H. C. Whiting, Major-General C. S. A. An Address before the Ladies Memorial Society, at Raleigh, N. C., May 10, 1895. By Capt. C. B. Denson, of the Confederate I. Unveiling of the Monument to the Soldiers and Sailors, C. S. A., at Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 7, 1898. With Addresses by Ex-Gov. Thos. G. Jones, Colonels W. J. and J. W. A. ΠΟ XV. Moses Drury Hoge, D. D.. LL. D. A Memorial. By the XVI. The Visit of General Joseph Wheeler to Richmond, Va., Jan. 16, 1899, on the Occasion of the Presentation of a Portrait of Major John Pelham, to R. E. Lee Camp, C. V., XIX. Pensioning the Confederate Soldiers by the United States XX. A Southern Account of the Burning of Chambersburg. J. Scott Moore, 14th Va. Cavalry C. S. A..... XXI. The Confederate Cause and Its Defenders. An Address by Judge Geo. L. Christian before the Grand Camp C. V., at Culpeper, Va., Oct. 4, 1898.... XXII. Hon. James Mercer Garnett. An Address by Prof. J. M. XXIII. The Confederate Cavalry, Its Wants, Trials and Heroism. An Address by Hon. John Lamb...... XXIV. Confederate Ordnance, the Difficulty in Supplying it. By XXV. Distinguished Dead of the Louisiana Division, Army North- ERRATA. For assurdly—4th line, p. 256, read assuredly. For doubtfully-28th line, p. 283, read dutifully. Southern Historical Society Papers. Vol. XXVI. Richmond, Va., January-December. 1898. WAR DIARY OF CAPT. ROBERT EMORY PARK, Twelfth Alabama Regiment. JANUARY 28th, 1863-JANUARY 27th, 1864. Accounts of the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Jeffersonton, [The Editor has pleasure in preserving in these pages the following graphic record. Captain Park has proven himself in maturer years, as progressive, public spirited, and successful as a citizen as he was gallant and faithful as a soldier.] In 1876-27, the latter part of my War and Prison Diary was published in serial in the Southern Historical Society Papers, the earlier portion having been lost by me on the battle field. In 1888, eleven years later, a letter signed Mrs. Vine Smith, Lebanon, New Hampshire, was forwarded me from Greenville, Ga., by my brother, which conveyed the joyful news that the remaining portion of my Diary was in her possession, and that she was willing to return it. I lost no time in securing it, and offer it for what it may be worth as illustrating the daily life in camp and field of a Confederate soldier. Macon, Ga., December, 1898. ROBERT EMORY PARK, NOTE. The portion preceding the first day given was torn off, and I found the Diary began thus: Jan. 28, 1863. Applied to Gen. Lee for appointment of my college mate and friend, Sergeant R. H. Stafford, as recruiting officer for Co. "F," 12th Ala. Jan. 29. A committee, consisting of Captains Fischer, Hewlett and Ross, was appointed to invite the officers of Battle's Brigade to |