Waiting for a battle in Virginia—Ellsworth at Alexandria—Big Bethel—Moving forward to the battle-ground—Mr. Petigru against secession—Mr. Chesnut goes to the front—Russell’s letters to the London Times 57 CHAPTER VII.—RICHMOND, Va., _June 27, 1861-July 4, 1861_. Arrival at the new capital—Criticism of Jefferson Davis—Soldiers everywhere—Mrs. Davis’s drawing-room—A day at the Champ de Mars—The armies assembling for Bull Run—Col. L. Q. C. Lamar 68 CHAPTER VIII.—FAUQUIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Va., _July 6, 1861-July 11, 1861_. Cars crowded with soldiers—A Yankee spy—Anecdotes of Lincoln—Gaiety in social life—Listening for guns—A horse for Beauregard 77 CHAPTER IX.—RICHMOND, Va., _July 13, 1861-September 2, 1861_. General Lee and Joe Johnston—The battle of Bull Run—Colonel Bartow’s death—Rejoicings and funerals—Anecdotes of the battle—An interview with Robert E. Lee—Treatment of prisoners—Toombs thrown from his horse—Criticism of the Administration—Paying the soldiers—Suspected women searched—Mason and Slidell 82 CHAPTER X.—CAMDEN, S. C., _September 9, 1861-September 19, 1861_. The author’s sister, Kate Williams—Old Colonel Chesnut—Roanoke Island surrenders—Up Country and Low Country—Family silver to be taken for war expenses—Mary McDuffie Hampton—The Merrimac and the Monitor 127 CHAPTER XI.—COLUMBIA, S. C., _February 20, 1862-July 21, 1862_. Dissensions among Southern leaders—Uncle Tom’s Cabin—Conscription begins—Abuse of Jefferson Davis—The battle of Shiloh—Beauregard flanked at Nashville—Old Colonel Chesnut again—New Orleans lost—The battle of Williamsburg—Dinners, teas, and breakfasts—Wade Hampton at home wounded—Battle of the Chickahominy—Albert Sidney Johnston’s death—Richmond in sore straits—A wedding and its tragic ending—Malvern Hill—Recognition of the Confederacy in Europe 131 CHAPTER XII.—FLAT ROCK, N. C., _August 1, 1862-August 8, 1862_. A mountain summer resort—George Cuthbert—A disappointed cavalier—Antietam and Chancellorsville—General Chesnut’s work for the army 210 CHAPTER XIII.—PORTLAND, Ala., _July 8, 1863-July 30, 1863_. A journey from Columbia to Southern Alabama—The surrender of Vicksburg—A terrible night in a swamp on a riverside—A good pair of shoes—The author at her mother’s home—Anecdotes of negroes—A Federal Cynic 216 CHAPTER XIV.—RICHMOND, Va., _August 10, 1863-September 7, 1863_.