CHAPTER IX. Battle of Fisher's Hill--Pursuit of Early--Devastation of the

Battle of Fisher's Hill--Pursuit of Early--Devastation of the Shenandoah Valley (1864)--Cavalry Battle at Tom's Brook, and Minor Events

CHAPTER X Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, with Comments thereon-- also Personal Mention and Incidents

CHAPTER XI Peace Negotiations--Lee's Suggestion to Jefferson Davis, 1862-- Fernando Wood's Correspondence with Mr. Lincoln, 1862--Mr. Stephens at Fortress Monroe, 1863--Horace Greeley, Niagara Falls Conference, 1864--Jacquess-Gilmore's Visits to Richmond, 1863-4--F. P. Blair, Sen., Conferences with Mr. Davis, 1865--Hampton Roads Conference, Mr. Lincoln and Seward and Stephens and Others, 1865--Ord-Longstreet, Lee and Grant, Correspondence, 1865; and Lew Wallace and General Slaughter, Point Isabel Conference, 1865