Chapter XVI: RICHMOND, Va., November 28, 1863-April 11, 1864

Mr. Davis visits Charleston—Adventures by rail—A
winter of mad gaiety—Weddings, dinner-parties, and
private theatricals—Battles around Chattanooga—Bragg
in disfavor—General Hood and his love affairs—Some
Kentucky generals—Burton Harrison and Miss Constance
Cary—George Eliot—Thackeray’s death—Mrs. R. E. Lee and her
daughters—Richmond almost lost—Colonel Dahlgren’s death—General
Grant—Depreciated currency—Fourteen generals at church 252