Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of War: Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, Nov. 26, 1863 Such extended warfare, as was almost inevitable, from the superior numbers and more abundant resources of the enemy, has been chequered by some reverses, as well as illustrated by not a few bril liant victories and glorious achievements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.