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TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, WITH THE CONSENT AND APPROVAL OF THE AUTHOR,
Proverb.
Ανδρα ἀρχὴ δείκνυσι.
Power reveals the man.
Δεινή τις ὀργὴ καὶ δυσίατος πέλει,
ὅταν φίλοι φίλοισι συμβάλωσ ̓ ἔριν.
Euripides: Medea, 520-521.
Terrible is anger, and without remedy, When discord breaks out between friends.
CONTENTS.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II.
ORIGIN OF THE LEE FAMILY.-GENERAL LEE'S EARLY CAMPAIGNS.-
HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE FEDERAL ARMY
CHAPTER III.
THE COMPARATIVE RESOURCES AND FORCES OF THE NORTHERN
AND SOUTHERN STATES.
CHAPTER IV.
PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS.-CONFEDERATE VICTORY AT BULL'S
RUN
CHAPTER V.
MACCLELLAN LANDS IN THE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA.-BATTLE
OF SEVEN PINES
CHAPTER VI.
THE BATTLE OF THE
CHICKAHOMINY OR COLD HARBOUR,
JUNE 27TH, 1862 .
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