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