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